Residents Fight to Close "Problem Club" Near Midtown

Room Service Lounge in its short few years of business has been the scene of multiple shootings and fights, and residents along with Councilman Alex Wan want it closed for good.

According to a WSB report, "Morningside-Lenox community groups said they’ve been fighting for years for the city to take action. They sent out an email blast on Monday urging Mayor Kasim Reed to sign off on the recommendation by the Chief of Atlanta Police and the license review board to suspend the club’s liquor and fine them."

An attorney for the club, located in the Piedmont Heights neighborhood area just north of Midtown at 1937 Piedmont Circle, told reporters that shootings were not evidence that a place of business should be closed down.  

Do you agree? Should clubs or businesses that have a proven track record of having violent acts perpetrated on their property be closed?  Or is it not the businesses fault and rather the club-goers who are the problem?

Morningside residents have already sent a letter to Mayor Kasim Reed asking him to, "sign off on the recommendation by the Chief of Atlanta Police and the license review board to suspend the club’s liquor and fine them."

The City stated that they are looking into the issue and admits that residents deserve a solution soon.

According to WSB, "the Atlanta Police License and Review Board voted to suspend Room Service Lounge’s liquor license for 360 days and fine it more than $12,000 after finding five code violations."

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