Marblehead eatery to appear before selectmen for show cause hearing

MARBLEHEAD – Selectmen have scheduled a show cause hearing on the Hurricane Restaurant’s liquor license.The hearing was scheduled for the board’s next meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 10. The Hurricane, one of Marblehead’s most prestigious restaurants, will have to give reasons why its liquor license should not be revoked for over-serving a patron.Selectmen Chairman Jackie Belf-Becker called for the vote to set a hearing after referring to a police incident report, which she did not read into the record.Town Counsel Jeffrey Shribman said Thursday that the hearing stemmed from an incident Sunday, Nov. 9 at 10:42 p.m., in which an unidentified 36-year-old man was taken into protective custody on School Street by police.Patrolman Michael Daigle, who was on his regular shift downtown in a police cruiser, said he saw the man walking unsteadily. Daigle stopped to investigate and after questioning the man he took him to the police station, where he and Police Sgt. Donald Decker determined that he was intoxicated.The man told police he was drinking at the Hurricane, and when police went there to verify the statement, bartender Phil Norton told an officer that the man they had in custody had been at the establishment.