i'm here to talk about blackthorn and acknowledge that blackthorn throughout the many years i've been hosting karaoke witnessing the staff and how they handle their conduct with their customers and how they professionally maintain a safe and healthy environment, blackthorn is a place where you would go. i've been with them for about a year hosting karaokes on their tuesdays. the bar staff is very professional about maintaining a clean, safe environment. the bar staff usually holds about two people, i see what they do regularly. joe, the bar manager, he's always there and maintaining the peace, the quiet -- peace and quiet, but -- i feel like him right now. i've never worked with a staff as wonderful, as family oriented and as neighborhood friendly in my entire career as a k.j. and that's all i need to say. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. the hour is getting late. let's go, folks. >> hello, commissioners, my name is henry granato, try to keep it as short as possible. >> we appreciate that. >> so i used to work in a club promotions, i've seen good to bad to absolutely wors

i live very close to blackthorn. actually, i live on the second floor and my window is just, you look up -- [inaudible] to the point when we get to bed, we cannot sleep until blackthorn closes. you cannot do anything meaningful in your house. my daughter come up to study. i can't -- the noise goes so much that you cannot communicate. we have mortgaged our life to this business. we need help. i need to finish what i'm doing, need sleep, i have to go to work tomorrow. i am not against the business. i'm against the level of noise emitting from this business. i'm against coming out in the morning -- [inaudible] >> because when they get drunk they don't care what they're doing. i'm against coming out and seeing broken bottles, broken glasses lying around. i'm against coming out and seeing people coming home -- you can't invite -- just like next door the crowd be so much out there sometimes, you be begging to enter your apartment. if there happen to be -- [inaudible] forget it, we can't sleep. any celebrations, parties the

local resident of the inner sun set and employee of the japanese restaurant around the corner from blackthorn restaurant on 9th and irving. i've been here seven years in san francisco. by far my favorite neighborhood i've lived in has been the inner sun set and the main, big reason why is the blackthorn tavern. i've come to consider joe, chris, adam, unfortunately dave is not here tonight, to be really good friend of mine and not just because we hang out at a bar, but the way they carry themselves, i'm shaking right now, trembling. >> it's ok. really, it is. him >> i need a drink. i apologize. [laughter]

i move to continue michael patterson doing business as criolla, the lucky horseshoe, and blackthorn. i amend to january 10. >> second. >> item 6b. the lucky horseshoe. >> it is a small bar on cortland that occupies the space formerly know it -- known as skips. the honor has applied for entertainment permit. you have started to look at this. to be clear about what is in it. the first section is the application and the recommended conditions from the police department. the second is copies of letters and e-mail of support numbering approximately 145 individuals. there are approximately 12 or so individuals opposed to the permit. the large stack of letters of support reflects a great deal of our reach. that the applicant did. there is one copy of it. commissioner joseph, i believe i gave it to you. the big poster. that is an announcement for neighborhood meeting at the bar. a lot of the letters and emails are personal. a lot of them have address is attached showing they live nearby. not far and they're pretty detailed. some of them are pretty long. one reason there was so much outrage -

president newlin: anyone here to comment on the black farm permit -- blackthorne permit. a motion to continue? commisioner joseph: second. president newlin: same house, same call? ok. 287 street, place of entertainment permit. >> this is the second time you have seen this item before you. the first time you spoke with the applicant about the lack of detail and discuss the unique situation in this case where a building was used in the area for a long time as an entertainment venue and it has come perilously close to what the planning department might consider abandoning the use in that area where no new entertainment is permitted. the applicant can before you to obtain a conditional grant and at that time you felt somewhat confused and needed further clarification. they requested to come back before you again for the same purpose of receiving a conditional grant. at their request of the commission and i believe or somebody smart went to the city attorney's office and asked them for guidance on how to handle the situation such as this, given the fact that most of the time,