A tip came in last night relaying that David Bouley's new West Broadway venture Brushstrokes, an upscale Japanese restaurant with an attached cooking school (Japan's prestigious Tsuji Culinary Academy), hit a major roadblock at last night's Community Board 1 committee meeting. The committee rejected Bouley's request for a liquor license, thereby damaging his chances of getting approval from either the full board or the SLA, the body that gives the final yea or nay. A call to CB1 confirms: "They were denied approval based on the history of the owner, having problems with the community in the past, and the way he runs his establishments." CB1 officials didn't divulge their more specific beefs with the chef or problems with his Tribeca restaurants Danube, Bouley, or the entire Bouley Upstairs/Cafe/Market franchise but expect all the dirty laundry to be aired on the 26th, at the full board meeting.
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