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One of the busiest restaurants in the Plateau Mont-Royal, L’Gros Luxe on St-André St., has been slapped with a one-month suspension of its restaurant permit by Quebec’s liquor regulator because of repeated noise and crowd-control issues.

But majority shareholder Alexandre Bastide, 40, said Monday he’ll appeal the “exaggerated” decision by the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux, which could shut down the vegetarian restaurant as early as Tuesday.

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“That’s $100,000 (in monthly revenue). I have costs. I have 35 employees; what happens to them for 30 days? Most live from cheque to cheque. There are places that make trouble; we’re not one of them. We’re a neighbourhood restaurant. There’s been one there for 35 years,” Bastide said, responding to a ruling the Régie itself qualified as “severe.”

Eight neighbours complained to the regulator earlier this year, saying the music was too loud, the restaurant stayed open beyond the designated closing time of 11 p.m. and did not employ a doorman to keep patrons outside from blocking neighbours’ doors and the sidewalk, smoking near homes or disturbing the peace with loud conversation.