ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A battle has erupted over Rochester’s special event zone in the East End. The city says it’s curbing violence but one entrepreneur says it’s tanked his business.
Beau Warren, owner of Axes and Ales on East and Alexander, said the city’s special event zone has led to a decline in sales, forcing him to close his business after six years.
“I was doing so well my, my year five that I signed, I signed the lease for another five years and, and then literally right after I signed that lease this happened,” Warren said. “And then that’s when I saw the decline in sales.”…