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Vin-Tich Liquor License Could be Yanked After Officers Hurt in Bar Fight

By Carla Zanoni | November 21, 2011 7:00pm
The exterior of Vin-Tich lounge at 3950 10th Ave.
The exterior of Vin-Tich lounge at 3950 10th Ave.
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INWOOD — Police are taking a closer look at popular Inwood nightclub Vin-Tich, following an after-hours melee between patrons that left one officer with a mild concussion and knocked the tooth out of another officer.

The brawl, which involved patrons throwing bottles and spraying mace at each other inside the club before cops broke up the fight at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, occurred as the State Liquor Authority is weighing whether to renew the club’s liquor license.

Police from the 34th Precinct were already monitoring operations at the club after the SLA placed a pending disciplinary action in March 2011 against the club for selling alcohol 30 minutes after 4 a.m. 

The penalty for selling booze past the state's 4 a.m. limit could cost the club upwards of $6,500, according to SLA documents.

The hearing’s outcome will not be available until next week, according to a SLA spokesman.

Vin-Tich is owned by William Segura, who also owns the steakhouse Tabaco y Ron several blocks north at 501 W. 214th St. and Tenth Avenue. Segura said he hoped to create the stretch into "Inwood's Meatpacking District" when he opened the establishments in 2009.

Segura also owned Sazones, a failed restaurant on Broadway, and had hoped to open a Brazilian steakhouse and lounge nearby. That plan was scrapped when he fell behind on his rent earlier this year before construction began on the historic Seaman-Drake arch.

Community Board 12 plans to vote on a resolution regarding the license renewal Tuesday night.  After CB12’s vote, which is advisory in nature, the SLA will make a final decision on the fate of Vin-Tich’s license.

The owners of Vin-Tich did not return calls for comment.

CB12 meets at 7 p.m. on Tues., Nov. 22, at the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center, Myrna Daniels Auditorium, at 173 Ft. Washington Ave., between West  165th and 168th streets.