The Russell Auditorium/Carver Den function hall on Talbot Avenue has applied for a full entertainment license with a 2 a.m. closing hour. If approved, the permit would allow for music, DJs, dancing and the like for a combined capacity gathering of some 890 patrons.
Neighbors have expressed reservations about that application and about several other large-venue licenses pending or recently granted in the area around Franklin Field. The Russell/Carver Den, for instance, is but a few steps away from the El Punto restaurant, lounge, and function hall that has been okayed to open at 879 Blue Hill Ave. with a total capacity of just under 400 individuals.
At a hearing before the city’s Entertainment Licensing board about the Russell/Carver proposal on June 26, the board took the matter under advisement and had not issued a decision by press time…