A Quayside restaurant boss promised not to turn his venue into a pub, as he pleaded with city authorities to relax its drinking restrictions.
Popular Italian eatery Prima Ristorante has run into conflict with police and council officials as it bids to remove curbs that stop it serving alcohol to customers without them ordering a meal too.
Restaurant owner Polat Akcicek told a Newcastle City Council hearing on Tuesday that his business needs a “bit more flexibility” to aid its recovery after a devastating two years during the Covid pandemic, but pledged that he was “not turning the business into a nightclub or a pub”.
