Stingray to meet ABCC Aug. 18
Stingray Sushi Bar and Asian Latino Grill is applying for a liquor license to serve alcohol on its recently built outdoor patio.
The 59 Lake Ave. restaurant’s application has been protested and will be heard by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission at 5 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 18, at county council chambers in Georgetown. Eight letters were submitted by nearby property owners opposing the application.
Stingray is applying for a second time for a liquor license for the patio. The restaurant first applied in 2014 but was denied because it did not have a city of Rehoboth Beach building permit. After waiting nearly two years, Stingray has reapplied; Commissioner Jack Cordrey has set a hearing because the application was protested.
Stingray’s outdoor patio has a legal history that goes back to 2010, when owner Darius Mansoory first sought permission for a patio from the city. Stingray is a legally nonconforming grandfathered property, and the city viewed the patio as an expansion of the premises, which requires a variance from the board of adjustment.
Stingray went before the board and argued that it did not need a variance because it was grandfathered and that the patio was not an expansion. The board voted against Stingray’s application; the restaurant took the case to Delaware Superior Court. Judge Richard Stokes overturned the board’s decision. The city then appealed to Delaware Supreme Court, but the lower court’s decision was upheld in December 2013.
Ryan Mavity covers Milton and the court system. He is married to Rachel Swick Mavity and has two kids, Alex and Jane. Ryan started with the Cape Gazette all the way back in February 2007, previously covering the City of Rehoboth Beach. A native of Easton, Md. and graduate of Towson University, Ryan enjoys watching the Baltimore Ravens, Washington Capitals and Baltimore Orioles in his spare time.
