The University may be allowed to hold another pub night — under a different name — at Chancellor Green Cafe on May 12, pending approval of its permit request by Princeton Borough and the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
"The only outstanding legal issue was the approval of the revised permit; we have modified our proposal to make approval more feasible, but we do not have a definitive answer yet," Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson said in an email.
A pub night scheduled for April 28 was scrapped after the Borough and the state Alcoholic Beverage Control division revoked the permits for the event, Dickerson said.
Several hundred undergraduates, graduate students and faculty attended the first pub night on April 14.
In an attempt to secure approval for the May 12 event, the University has ditched the "pub night" moniker in favor of the more benign "Cafe After Dark."
"[At] the Borough's request, we removed 'Pub' from the title," Dickerson explained.
Dickerson said that Cafe After Dark would close at midnight, one hour earlier than the April 14 pub night and would be more strict in its monitoring of patrons.
Only adults over the age of 21 were allowed to enter the last pub night, which required a Princeton University ID and a second, government-issued ID for admission.
"I don't think [the modifications] are a big problem, and I really hope that we can have the pub reopen," said USG Vice President Rob Biederman '08, one of three undergraduates who serve on the pub planning committee.
The University had also planned to hold a pub night on May 19. That event is now canceled "because several key managers will not be available to supervise it," Dickerson said.
Dickerson described the pub nights as "onetime initiatives" intended to gauge demand for a permanent venue, which would require a separate license.
Dwindling student demand has thwarted previous pubs in Chancellor Green.
"When the legal drinking age was lowered to eighteen in 1973, a pub was installed there ... and student bartenders began serving draught beer, wine, and soft drinks," Alexander Leitch '24 wrote in "A Princeton Companion."
That pub initially drew 700 to 800 students on weeknights and up to 1,200 students on weekends. It closed, however, following noise complaints, rowdy behavior and a sharp decrease in student patronage.
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