Greek food store gets approval to sell beer and wine; clothing store, however, has to stick to fabric

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved a request from Greek International Foods on Washington Street in West Roxbury for a license to sell beer and wine. However, the board rejected a request from Louis, the upscale clothing store on the waterfront, to nestle a full-service liquor store among its suits.

The board took no action on a request from Sugar in Roslindale to offer beer and wine with meals because it currently has no restaurant beer and wine licenses left. The vote means Sugar can re-apply again in the hopes a license becomes available or it can try to buy somebody else's license.

The board decided to wait a couple of weeks before doing anything about a Back Bay restaurant owner's plea for more time to open a Fairfield Street restaurant. The license has gone unused for more than 12 years; restaurant owner John Cimino this week pleaded for six to nine more months to let him finish extensive renovations, even as state Rep. Marty Walz urged the board to revoke the license. The board agreed to give Cimino until Dec. 2 to get his structural engineer to detail just what sort of problems have held up the restaurant's opening for all these years.