No booze past midnight for Manhattan Beach’s Hotdoggers
Hotdoggers staff outside the restaurant when it opened. Photo by Alene Tchekmedyian For now, patrons of four-month-old restaurant Hotdoggers won’t be able to order a late-night beer with their topping-drenched, bacon-wrapped hotdog. The Manhattan Beach Planning Commission denied restaurant owner Sandy Saemann’s request to serve beer and wine until 1 a.m. at Hotdoggers, after residents argued at length for and against the issue. In a 3-1 vote, the commission upheld the use permit the City Council approved last summer, which allows the restaurant to serve beer and wine until 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight on Friday and Saturday. Commissioner Paul Gross was the dissenting vote and Commissioner Steve Ortmann was absent. While the owner of the restaurant wants to be able to serve alcohol past midnight, the commission and some Oak Avenue residents voiced concerns about the noise and traffic the move could generate. Some residents worried that with alcohol, the restaurant would turn into a bar, but Saemann assured the crowd this wouldn’t happen. “We’re about food,” he said, adding that he wasn’t asking to install a bar, barstools or tap equipment. “I have no intentions of…
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