by Allegra Hobbs

They're seeing red sauce! An Italian eatery is going ahead with its plan to open on the ground floor of a Williamsburg condominium building, even though residents hate the idea so much the state has twice denied it a liquor license due to their protests.

The upstairs neighbors say the restaurateurs should know when they're not wanted and just stick a fork in it. "It's difficult to understand why a business would choose to operate in a community that is wholeheartedly against it," said Matthew Cummins, who lives with his wife directly above the forthcoming restaurant space in the Bridgeview Towers Condominium on Broadway near Dunham Place.

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