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City Floats 15 JP-Only Alcohol Licenses

By Chris Helms on March 6, 2017

City Floats 15 JP-Only Alcohol Licenses

CJ Reese, who like a large majority of the staff lives in or very near JP, tends bar.

CJ Reese, who like a large majority of the staff lives in or very near JP, tends bar. — File photo: CJ Reese, who like a large majority of the staff lives in or very near JP, tends bar at the Frogmore, which gained a full alcohol license in March 2016.

Jamaica Plain businesses would get five new booze licenses a year for three years under a proposal floated Monday.

‘A Scottish Restaurant Needs to Have Scotch’ — Board Backs Booze for The Haven

Drummer Peter Stewart and bagpipers Brian Miller and Tom Childs play in front of The Haven during the first annual "Angry Scotsman" Kilt Crawl through Jamaica Plain, Sept. 13, 2014. Participants in the event, which was a benefit for the Scots' Charitable Society and Charitable Irish Society, walked through Jamaica Plain, stopping at four local establishments; Eugene O'Neill's, James's Gate, Costello's, and The Haven.

‘A Scottish Restaurant Needs to Have Scotch’ — Board Backs Booze for The Haven

By Chris Helms on June 7, 2016

File photo: Peggy Hunter, left, of Walpole, shares a poem with Andy Sweeney, bartender at The Haven, on Sept. 18, 2014.

The Haven gained a neighborhood board’s support for its goal of getting a full liquor license.

JP resident Monica Salas, speaking in favor of the idea, put it simply: “A Scottish restaurant needs to have Scotch.”