July 11, 2015
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The Point Breeze Pop-Up Garden at 1622 Point Breeze Ave. opened in May 2015 with an 18-wheeler-turned-bar, lunch trucks and an array of plants.
A Point Breeze beer garden has popped back up after a short shutdown by the city over zoning issues.
Join us tomorrow noon-11pm for our grand re-opening! @thephillyvoice pic.twitter.com/qpzve5Ardo
— Point Breeze Pop-Up (@PBreezePopUp) July 10, 2015
The Point Breeze Pop-Up Garden, a 35,000-square-foot lot at 1622 Point Breeze Avenue, had originally opened on May 16 before it was shut down on Wednesday after receiving a cease and desist letter from the Philadelphia's Licenses & Inspections Department.
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Then, on Friday, after a 3.5-hour hearing before Municipal Court Judge Nina Wright Padilla, owner John Longacre emerged with a temporary victory, the Inquirer reports. Despite L&I's claim that the Pop-Up lacked proper zoning, the judge ruled that Longacre was denied due process and the venue should be permitted to operate while he obtains a zoning change and pursues other remedies.
