Posted on 08/08/2023 11:59:37 AM PDT by cll
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s capital is renowned for its all-night partying, but a new municipal code is expected to change that.
San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero on Tuesday signed a new measure to prohibit alcohol sales after certain hours, saying he was “morally convinced” it was the right thing to do.
The new code, scheduled to go into effect in November, is expected to affect hundreds of restaurants and bars across San Juan. It was fiercely debated in recent months, with businesses and Puerto Ricans used to long nights and decades of no oversight decrying the new rules, which do not apply to hotels and their guests.
Residents in the capital’s historic district known as Old San Juan, which is popular with locals and tourists alike, rejoiced cautiously.
“The impression of San Juan is that anything goes,” said Reinaldo Segurola, 71. “It’s a mix between Disney and Las Vegas.”
Throngs of people with drinks in hand often crowd the narrow streets of Old San Juan, where businesses are known to remain open until 5 a.m. to serve the last stragglers, and the party often moves to the renowned seaside community of La Perla, where revelers welcome the sunrise.
A similar scene plays out in other areas of San Juan, including Loiza Street and La Placita de Santurce, a market square where businesses bustle and music thumps until dawn.
Under the new code, businesses in San Juan can only serve or sell alcohol from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. from Sunday to Thursday, and up to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday if Monday is a holiday.
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You have that right. We are on a small island community on the Detroit River. YES many many neighbors boat down to Put-In-Bay regularly. Got really rowdy a couple weekends ago.
Capitol is a building. Capital, as in capital city, is the seat of government. Dánica Coto is a great multi-lingual writer (English, French and Spanish).
This happened 35 years ago in the city I lived in. There was one place downtown that had off-sales until 0230. Most other places sold beer until midnight or so.
It was the ONLY place in a town of 250K people you could get beer after the bars closed, so it was an absolute gong show nearly every weekend.
The city made it so no sales of off-premises beer could happen after 11 pm, and the surrounding towns all followed suit. Within 2 years, no more off-sales after 11 PM anywhere in the entire province.
Socialists don’t want anyone to ever have any fun anywhere or at any time.
capital/capitol
Thanks for the correction. I have been speaking English since I was 10 but I am still learning the fine points
I was there last year. PR was was tame apparently since people were still scared to travel then. I guess things have changed back to normal.
English is my second language too and I learned it from Polish nuns and Trinidadian nannies. Even after 22 years in the Army and many other years in the travel industry, my pronunciation is still mid. Like you say, always learning!
More than normal. We’re actually quite overwhelmed. PR used to be a sleepy destination, only for those “in the know”, but this mass market travel surge during and after covid really surprised us. We can’t keep up!
Yeah, everyone wants to go to La Perla because of that damned Despacito video. But many have met their maker there, after FAFO.
PARTISEO TOTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where’s my Medalla Light? LOL!
Saludos!
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