Why is live music and dancing forbidden at Mount Pleasant restaurants?
Over the last decade, Mount Pleasant restaurants gave up their ability to host live music and dancing to avert protests against their liquor license applications by the Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Alliance (MPNA), a local civic association. The MPNA demanded that all liquor license applicants forego offering live music and dancing. In in exchange for withdrawing its opposition to their license applications. The MPNA negotiated these agreements without informing or seeking feedback from most Mount Pleasant residents. The restrictions on live music and dancing are now part of every Mount Pleasant restaurant’s liquor license, effectively making it illegal to dance or perform in any of these establishments.
