Afrique D’Lounge on Federal Hill allowed to reopen after fight

The Providence Board of Licenses gave Afrique D'Lounge the okay to reopen on Thursday, November 8. (WLNE)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Providence restaurant has now been given the okay to reopen after a security guard pulled a knife on a guest during a fight on Sunday.

The Providence Board of Licenses said Afrique D’Lounge on Federal Hill can now reopen because they’ve hired a new company to handle security.

The city ordered Afrique d’Lounge to close for 72 hours until a show cause hearing was held on Thursday. 

Qasim Flynn, a security guard at Afrique D Lounge, was charged with disorderly conduct after police responded to the restaurant around 1 a.m. for a reported stabbing.

When police arrived, they were told that Flynn was allegedly in an altercation with a patron that escalated into him pulling a knife.

The patron allegedly received a cut on the forehead due to the incident.

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