Pioneer Square hiphop hotspot Larry’s had it’s liquor license suspended by the State Liquor Control Board on Friday, according to the Seattle Times. Mayor Gridlock asked the board to take away Larry’s Hennessey priviledges, citing several incidents, including Seahawk Ken Hamlin’s catching a seriously bad one, and an alleged stabbing on New Years’ Eve. In order to protect the “welfare, health, peace, morals and safety of the State of Washington,” Liquor Board agents absconded with every last drop of alcohol. It looks like owner Larry Culp is going to fight the decision, as detailed here.

I’d been to Larry’s a couple times in the last few years, and it was aiight- crispy white tees glowing in the blacklight, Lil’ Jon, Hpnotiq- y’know, club shit. I don’t typically fuck with P-Squeeze at all, because of all the morons, tourists, and desperate clubgoers who drove in from the boondocks. You can go ahead and miss me with that shit. There’s always a lotta bullshit in that area because of the alcohol, and there’s a lot of it because of the Square’s bustling drug trade. Is one club the source of all evil in the Square? I don’t believe so.I’m reminded of comments that 206 legend Vitamin D made while I was interviewing him awhile ago:

“They wanna say Larry’s nightclub is the cause of this violence in Pioneer Square? No, it’s not, it’s because you guys allowing all that drug trafficking in that area- and it’s been there for years! Don’t say it’s cuz of the hiphop at the club- that don’t make no sense. You guys need to control your streets so we can have a club in Pioneer Square where hiphop is played. It’s not hiphop, or the club dj’s fault. It’s out in the parking lot, and it’s goin down out there no matter what’s going on at Larry’s. They need to lighten up for real- let the people kick it on some hiphop shit.”