This reminds me of a fight I had with a city council member. A new restaurant going in a very old space (the Town Talk Diner in Minneapolis, with its classic lighted Art Deco door that forces all businesses there to have the same name) wanted a full liquor license. A council member was blocking it because there were too many liquor licenses within a couple of blocks, and there were too many problems with drunken fighting. But those could be traced to a nightclub and a seedy bar. People don't go to a hipster-nice restaurant to get drunk and start fights!

Eventually they won, and had a fantastic bar.