A liquor license for a soon-to-be tea shop near First Avenue and Lincoln Street was approved by Denver Excise and Licenses this week, paving the way for the lounge to open.
Platform T already has a location at City Set at Colorado Boulevard and Cherry Creek Drive in Glendale. The business applied for the new liquor license but was met by opposition by some neighbors of the location.
Both the West Washington Park and Baker neighborhood groups supported the liquor license for the tea shop thanks to a good neighbor agreement that the business agreed to place on the license.
The agreement specifies that the business will stop serving alcohol and food at 9:30 p.m. all nights except Friday and Saturday, when it will cease at 10:30 p.m. No amplified sound is permitted outside the establishment on the patio, and the owner must notify the neighborhood organizations at least 30 days prior to applying for any modifications to the building.
Should the business close at any point, the good-neighbor license would be attached to the building.
Platform T is a tea lounge that will also serve some alcohol-infused teas, craft beers and wine. It should open by the end of the year.
Those living close to the lounge expressed concerns over the proximity to their houses on the east side of Lincoln Street. The opposing parties also noted this would be the only liquor license on Lincoln between Interstate 25 and Fourth Avenue and noted they already have issues due to the amount of bars along Broadway a block to the west.
Christina Killette, who lives across the street and spoke against the approval at the license hearing, said there was a “strong lack of desire from the homes immediately near,” to having a liquor license on Lincoln Street.
City Councilman Jolon Clark said in August that he had received many letters both for and against the liquor license and called the good neighbor agreement one of the most restrictive he’s seen.
Platform T is co-owned by Jeremy Law and his brothers. He spoke at the license hearing and noted that he expects 10 to 15 percent of his sales to come from alcohol and he has invested $400,000 in the facility. The previous occupant of 95 Lincoln St. was the Science Company.
Joe Vaccarelli: 303-954-2396, jvaccarelli@denverpost.com or @joe_vacc
