Dallas Observer UnFair Park

For the first time in 18 years, Dodie's Seafood Cafe on Lower Greenville won't be having its annual Fat Tuesday outdoor live-music shindig beneath a rented tent set up in the parking lot.

The reason: The city of Dallas's Office of Special Events has warned owner Chris McGuinness that a single complaint from a neighbor will prompt a visit from the Dallas Police Department. According to an e-mail McGuinness received Thursday from event coordinator Charkietha Thompson, "Per Chief [Vince] Goldbeck if one (1) complaint call comes in you would have to move the band inside."

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