PITTSFIELD â Methuselah Bar & Lounge was hit with a two-day license suspension Monday, after the Licensing Board weighed several complaints about COVID-19 safety at Councilor Yuki Cohenâs North Street establishment over the past several months.
With member Dina Guiel Lampiasi abstaining, the other Licensing Board members â Thomas Campoli, Richard Stockwell, Kathleen Amuso and Dennis Powell â voted unanimously in favor of suspending the liquor license Feb. 2 and 3.
The vote came after members finished a âshow causeâ hearing with Cohen, the at-large councilor, her attorney and the cityâs senior sanitarian, Andy Cambi.
Much of Mondayâs hearing, a continuation of the âshow causeâ hearing that began Jan. 15, was spent discussing the evening of Oct. 30, which was the subject of the third COVID-19 safety citation the city has issued to Cohen.