At the Community Board 5 Liquor License and Cannabis Committee meeting on Thursday, Aug. 17, members moved not to oppose the application for a legal adult-use dispensary on 57-01 Myrtle Avenue, in Ridgewood.
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A second Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) application within the Community Board 5 district plans to set up shop on 57-01 Myrtle Ave. in Ridgewood sometime in November, according to the owners of the cannabis dispensary.
At the Community Board 5 Liquor License and Cannabis Committee meeting on Thursday, Aug. 17, members moved not to oppose the application for a legal adult-use dispensary in Ridgewood, but not without some concern.
The expected adult-use cannabis dispensary called “Late Bloomers” will be run and operated by the husband and wife duo Suzanne Furboter and Fernando Pena, who also owned multiple restaurants in Astoria. At 54 years old, the couple told the committee they plan to conduct the businesses with the community in mind.
“We’ve had a couple of restaurants with liquor licenses with no incidents at all in Astoria working side-by-side together every day. As far as I’m concerned, this seems like a great opportunity for making money and this and that, but it’s nice to have a business again and be with my wife,” said Pena. “I think that we are the perfect ambassadors for this new thing that’s happening to the city with this cannabis. Okay, we’re 54 years old, we’re mature, we’re not party people. This thing is for adults.
The husband and wife owned Fatty’s Cafe in Astoria and a neighboring bodega that was turned into a wine bar until financial pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to shut their doors, Pena explained.
Committee members asked the couple to clarify their plans on store signage, security and preventative measures to avoid patrons lingering outside the dispensary after hours. Jorge Luis Vasquez, with the law firm Vasquez Segarra LLP, and lead…
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