Page 12 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2021 Golden Knight senior Trevor Tango honors family on Senior Night Golden Knight Halfback and Strong Safety Trevor Tango SENIOR KNIGHT: Pictured from left to right, are; grandfather, JR Tango, brother, Avery Tango, girlfriend, Mia Rogers, senior Trevor Tango, who presented fl owers to his aunt, Dawn DeAngelo, during Saturday’s Senior Game at Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School. (Courtesy photos, Dawn DeAngelo) Kitchen work needs approval for Patriot Civic Club to reopen By Adam Swift T For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers at 781-286-8500 or Info@advocatenews.net he members-only Patriot Civic Club at 93 Patriot Parkway will be able to reopen after a suspension as soon as the Fire and Inspectional Services Departments sign off on permits related to kitchen renovations at the club. Operation of the club has been suspended since March 25 following violations of the health code and state-ordered COVID-19 restrictions. The violations were discovered following a complaint to the Inspectional Services Department about the club off ering mealsto-go on its social media page, according to Inspectional Services Director Michael Wells. As a private club, Wells said, it is not allowed to sell any food outside the premises to nonmembers. “While we were there, we decided to do a kitchen inspection, which they were due for, and when we went into the kitchen, it was in total darkness; the equipment had not been on, and there was barely any food in the kitchen,” said Wells. Although the Patriot Civic Club can typically serve alcoholic beverages without serving food, under the state’s COVID-19 restrictions, food must be served in order for patrons to drink. “In the club area, there were no violations except that the kitchen was not in operation while they were serving alcohol,” said Wells. He added that last August the club was cited by the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission for a similar violation where the kitchen was not serving food and members were not wearing masks. That violation did go to a hearing and the club got its license back, Wells said. “Upon further review [on March 25], they had multiple permits open to renovate their kitchens, and none of them had been signed off on by the Fire Department or Inspectional Services, so they did not have any proper permits to be using that kitchen that was under renovation,” said Wells. A representative from the club said food was not being served at that time because the kitchen staff was late showing up that day. Patriot Civic Club manager William Hetherton said he was not present on March 25 when the violation occurred. He noted that there has been a lot of work put into the kitchen to make it fully operational and meet the guidelines to serve food during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve been there for 80 years, so it was a lot of work to do the wiring and electrical work,” said Hetherton. “We’ve done everything we need to do; unfortunately, we need to get more competent people to work in the kitchen.” Wells said that while all the kitchen permits have yet to be issued, it does look like the club has made signifi cant progress in the past several weeks. Licensing Commission Chair Robert Selevitch recommended lifting the suspension contingent upon all the kitchen permits getting approval from the proper city offi cials. His fellow commissioners agreed to his recommendation.
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