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Dutch Courage
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Business New Haven
9/16/2002
By: BNH
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NEW HAVEN - Yale landmark Naples Pizza & Restaurant marked the beginning of this academic year minus an important sheepskin of its own: a liquor license.
Owner Anthony Prifitera recently appealed in state court the state Liquor Control Commission's decision to revoke Naples' license after he refused to pay a $12,500 fine stemming from a late-winter raid that uncovered several sales of alcohol to minors. Following the raid, Prifitera's liquor license was suspended for 75 days. Had he paid the fine on time, the popular Wall Street hangout could have resumed selling beer and wine as early as this past April.
Rather than paying in one lump sum as stipulated by the commission, however, Prifitera attempted to negotiate. He offered to pay the fine in three installments. But when the commission rejected his terms, he did not pay at all. The authorities then yanked his license for good.
Now, as Prifitera pursues an appeal of the decision through the courts, he also ponders a beer-bereft future.
Prifitera told the Yale Daily News he is considering adding high-speed Internet lines to the restaurant in hopes of attracting World Wide Web-browsing students in the evenings and busy professionals who work in the area during lunchtime.
“The Internet seems to be the new thing for students, so maybe it'll help us reel them back in,” Prifitera told the paper.
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