Board defers request from Morton Street market to sell beer and wine to consider neighborhood opposition

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday decided to take no immediate action on a request from the owner of Aguasvivas Market, 926 Morton St. in Mattapan to add Caribbean and Latin American beers and wines to his bodega offerings.

The board said it would instead take the three weeks until its next voting session to review comments, including negative ones from nearby neighborhood groups and two city councilors, who cited the potential for trash, the impact on the nearby Morton Liquors, and the store's location near a BPS school, whose students already congregate at the store.

At a hearing Wednesday, Angel Aguasvivas, whose father started the market 12 years ago, said his focus on niche beer and wines and his ability to provide "one-stop" shopping would differentiate his store from Morton Liq