Meet 27 still doesn't have a liquor license. The new Remington restaurant had been approved for a Class B license by the Baltimore City Liquor License Board, but petitioners affiliated with a splinter neighborhood association have successfully petitioned to have that approval reversed. For the time being, Meet 27 will operate as a BYOB, its owners say.

The owners, who include Richard D'Souza and Paul Goldberg, are appealing a ruling handed down today by W. Michel Pierson that denied their request to have the original decision remanded back to the liquor board for review.

At issue: D'Souza was not a registered voter when Meet 27's application was originally filed. In Baltimore City, when a liquor license is filed in the name of a corporation, all of its members must be registered voters in Baltimore City, although that is not the case when a license is filed in the name of an individual or a partnership. The voter-registration requirement has not been enforced by the liquor board, and there is no voter-registration requirement for licensees who are not United States citizens.