Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The city's zoning board ruled against the applicants Tuesday morning.
The city's zoning board decided Tuesday to oppose a request by the owners of 12 Grove St. that would have allowed Villa Mexico Cafe to relocate there from Grampy's gas station on Cambridge Street. The ruling ends the restaurant's effort to open on Grove Street. "Zoning forbids this use. It’s not a personal thing," Robert Shortsleeve, the chairman of the city board, said. The space lies in a zone in which properties revert to residential use if they have not been housing a business for more than two years. This address has not been in commercial use for at least 15 years. The owner of Villa Mexico Cafe, Stoneham resident Julie King, was asking for a variance to this statute. But opponents to the application said that a restaurant at 12 …
After months of trying to gain the support and funds needed to move to a new location in Beacon Hill, Julie and Bessie King, Stoneham residents and owners of the restaurant, will appear before the city's zoning board Tuesday morning.
After last month's attempt to connect with Grove Street residents fell through, the owners of Beacon Hill-based Villa Mexico Cafe are going before the city's zoning board Tuesday morning for a final hearing on whether they will be allowed to move their business from Grampy's gas station on Cambridge Street to 12 Grove St. The restaurant must leave the gas station as it is slated to be redeveloped this summer into office buildings. While they originally were going to leave in December, they have been allowed to stay in the gas station as they search for a new home. The new location the owners of Villa Mexico, Julie and Bessie King, both of Stoneham, very much want is a spot on the ground floor of 12 Grove St., which is being offered to …
Thursday, December 8, 2011
During a three-hour zoning committee meeting Wednesday night, the Beacon Hill Civic Association voted to support a variance for JP Licks but opposed variances for Villa Mexico Cafe, operated by Stoneham residents Julia King and her daughter Bessie King, a
During a long and sometimes emotional meeting Wednesday night, the Beacon Hill Civic Association's Zoning and Licensing Committee heard and voted on requests from JP Licks, Villa Mexico Cafe and DeLuca's Market. All three establishments were asking the board not to oppose variances they need to open restaurants. Although the zoning committee does not have the power to grant or deny these variances, it can oppose them when they go before the city. Any opposition from the neighborhood board carries significant influence at the city level. The Mexican restaurant currently in Grampy's gas station, at 296 Cambridge St., was seeking a variance to move into a storefront around the corner, at 12 Grove St. The board voted not support this request …
