Somerville rolls back Brazilian restaurant’s hours and requires it to request weekend police details
After being the scene of 62 calls to police in the past seven months, including multiple reported noise disturbances, fights, crowds on the street and at least one unsolved shooting involving patrons outside, Gauchao Brazilian Cuisine saw an hour cut from its 2 a.m. closing time in a finding at a Tuesday hearing of the Somerville Licensing Commission.
Though operating-time licenses are not changed frequently, “our duty of care in this commission is to make sure the Somerville public is protected,” commissioner Joe Lynch said…