i'm here to talk about blackthorn and acknowledge that blackthorn throughout the many years i've been hosting karae 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 the r staff usually holds about two people, i see what joe, thearmanager, 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 orientednd neighborhood friendly in my entire career as a k.j. d that's alli 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 iused to work in a club promotions, i've seen good to bad to absolutely worse. and i rarely go out. i used to work in clubs with my friend

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 conside 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]

my company is representing blackthorn at 834 irving. i want to be really clear what we're asking for here. they're asking for an entertainment permit for the bar itself, not for the outside patio. the outside patio is offlimits as far as the entertainment is concerned. however, the outside patio has become the issue. and we feel very strongly that all the municipal agencies that have a say in this matter should be handling their own injures dick. the patio area is a concern because of smoking and that needs to be addressed by the health department. they have instigated a program to be self monitoring at the moment to tell people to be quiet after 10:00. their abc license allows them to use the patio and serve alcohol there until midnight. they have reached -- done an extensive amount of outreach and they've just

. >> we d a thing in our bind they're says blackthorn's application. it shows i think some agreements between mr. mohammed and yourself. were those implemented or is this just a proposal? it looks like -- >> that's an offer to them. >> it's an offer? >> it's an offer. >> he has it in his hand? >> they havetaccepted it but we'd like him to look at it and would put those as part of the conditions if it applied, if applicable. it's a good faith offer. the beer signs and stuff like that have already been removed. we've already made -- >> like the double paining of the window. >> that offer has been made. coitions, item number 11 says this permit shall be void immediately if used in se. vi oanwfulth any illegal ms. kane, correct me if i'm wrong, police do not have that kes e motiyovetoevertionnes decide whether or not to keep all of the police conditionas some o theon't to us. like theawnier it doesn't apply to us. d liketo entertain a motion for this permit, please. somebody? >> i motion for this permit only because it shows that the new owners seem to be