Applications granted for sale of alcohol

An application has been granted for Le Gallois Chez Soi deli on Romilly Crescent in Riverside to put on live entertainment and sell alcohol. The application was granted this morning at Cardiff Council's sub licensing committee at City Hall – regulated music can now take place from Monday to Sunday 8am- 7pm, with sale of alcohol during the same hours. The applicant said the primary use of the venue would still be a deli rather than a bar or nightclub. There was some objection to the application form local residents, who felt the close proximity to an off licence and another pub, The Romilly, meant there was no need for the licence to be granted. At the meeting, an application from Y Fuwch Goch on Womanby Street to change the conditions of its premises was also granted. The venue will no longer be classed as a cafe bar, or require waitress service at seated tables, or for food to be bought with drinks. One objection was raised for the application. John Powell said: "Since the centre of Cardiff has unfortunately gained a widening reputation as a paradise for excessive drinking, particularly at weekends causing much chaos and disturbance to the police, A&E providers, local residents, garbage movers etc. I think that an application like this to relax licence conditions to allow longer drinking and removing the necessity to eat with drinks is ripe for refusal."