By Tara Kyle
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
CHELSEA — An array of bars and restaurants hoping to serve up alcohol in Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen — including on the High Line — will be up before Community Board 4 Wednesday night.
The monthly full-board meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. inside the Fulton Auditorium at 119 Ninth Ave. Neighboring residents and business owners can weigh in on any of the applicants during the public session at the meeting's onset.
The biggest ticket applicant this month is the Friends of the High Line, which wants to introduce beer and wine at two locations — above Chelsea Market, and underneath the northern tip of the High Line's soon-to-open second section.
Both projects so far have the support of CB4's liquor license committee, but not without concerns over the possibility of rowdy beer garden crowds at West 30th Street and Tenth Avenue.
The New York Beer and Beverage Company hopes to operate a restaurant with room for 300 at 321 W. 44th Street. Blue Dog Coffee Bar and Bakery, a five-year-old organic eatery at 101 W. 25th street, plans to extend its hours to 2 a.m. and offer alcohol.
Two establishments on Hell's Kitchen's Ninth Ave. restaurant alley are seeking to add sidewalk cafes — Empanada Mama (between West 51st and West 52nd streets) and the Ember Room (between West 45th and West 46th streets).
In Chelsea, the Le Pain Quotidien at 52 Ninth Ave. and Italian restaurant Tello's at 198 Eighth Ave. also hope to add sidewalk cafés.
The board will also weigh in on a proposal for a 250-person club on Eleventh Avenue between West 43rd and West 44th streets, in the thick of a section of western Hell's Kitchen slated for rezoning.
The State Liquor Authority will have final say on all applications.
