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After an initial 2-2 split, the Common Council's License Committee voted Monday to send the Class B Tavern Dance application for the A-1 Supper Club and Ultra Lounge to a full council vote without a recommendation. A-1 is a proposed new eatery and dance club on Milwaukee's East Side.
Ald. Nik Kovac, Ald. Tony Zielinski and committee chair Ald. Jim Bohl voted for the motion, while. Ald. Milele Coggs voted against it. Ald. Ashanti Hamilton was excused.
The full council must still vote on whether or not to grant the license. It is rare for the committee to send the application to the council without endorsement. Most liquor license applications are either supported or denied by the committee.
Marc A. Brown -- who owns the Silverstein Group with his mother, Marcia Bacon -- hopes to open the restaurant and dance club in the former WOW Cafe and Wingery, 2116 N. Farwell Ave. If Brown receives the license, he will include a dance floor and live entertainment in his new "upscale but intimate" venue.
The East Side Association executive director Jim Plaisted noted that his membership voted 10-0 against the dance club license portion of the A-List application.
Several neighbors and groups attended the committee meeting and expressed conflicting opinions. About a half-dozen neighbors were concerned about having a "night club" near their homes. However, several spoke in favor, including former Mayor Marvin Pratt, who said he has known the family for generations and that they were "positive people."
"With our pedigree, we did not expect to have this much opposition," says Brown.
Brown is the former owner of the dance club, Onyx, 3120 W. Villard Ave., and a restaurant, Onyx 2, 3500 N. Teutonia Ave.
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