Craft beers are slated to be sold at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex next to a playground as scores of residents raised concerns over serving alcohol in the public park.

It comes after city council members authorized the vendor to start selling alcohol out of the snack shacks in the park – roughly eight feet away from a playground.

Council members who backed the deal repeatedly warned the snack shack’s operator they’d be “on a tight leash” and noted that they could revoke the permits to serve alcohol at any time, but said it was the parents’ right to drink if they want it.

“Make sure you’re not serving drunks, or making drunks really,” Mayor Pat Burns said at Tuesday’s meeting.

It was a big break away from many of the residents who asked city council members not to greenlight alcoh

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