From the October 2011 edition of the Glover Park Gazette:
Before JP’s Night Club reopens in its former space at 2412 Wisconsin Ave., the strip club—closed since a January 2008 fire—must face a new challenge to its liquor license, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has ruled. Though the club recently won a license renewal over neighbors’ protests, neighbors will get a second opportunity to protest the license when the building’s interior is completed and the bar is set to open, according to a September 14 ABC Board ruling. James Charles, a representative for the club’s owner, has said that the prospect of a second protest period might scare off an investor planning to pay for interior renovations to the reconstructed building. Charles did not respond to a request for comment.
[...] burgers and featuring “non-sexually oriented nude dancers,” whatever those are. In September, the ABC Board ruled that neighbors would be allowed to formally challenge the liquor license before the club reopens. A [...]
The club was open for many years at that site and there were no problems in the neighborhood related to its presence.
This is just ridiculous, prudery run wild. Reopen JP’s already.
I completely agree with Ivo Planarian! The ANC3B only cares about the affluent, family-centered image of Glover Park. Even though every legal board has approved JP’s Nightclub for business, the ANC3B commissioners continue to protest the owners’ legal right so that Wisconsin Ave will be more appealing to their ideal image.
To the ANC3B commissioners, stop following Mayor Gray’s phony phrase, “One City, One Future.” Washington D.C. is one city with 617, 996 futures! You are making a homogenous district that ignores the rights of the individual.