Providence Board of Licenses orders Federal Hill restaurant to close after person slashed
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence Board of Licenses ordered Afrique d’Lounge on Spruce Street due to a cutting incident that occurred Sunday.
Qasim Flynn, a security guard at the lounge, was charged with disorderly conduct.
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.
The board ordered to restaurant to close for 72 hours before a hearing scheduled for Nov. 7.
The meeting minutes said that the closure was due to testimony from the Providence Police Department about an “ongoing threat to public safety.”
More information on the meeting can be found here.
