PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Panchos' hours have been dialed back again after several reported late-night incidents.

The Licensing Board has reduced the eatery and bar's closing time from 1 a.m. to midnight with the last call at 11:30 p.m.  

At the end of 2023, Panchos Mexican Restaurant was slapped with a seven-day liquor license suspension and reduced hours after police came forward with more than 10 disturbances on site since August, including projectile vomiting and talk of a gun.

Police Capt. Matthew Hill came to the board on Monday with five incidents gathered by officers this summer. Staff members say they have done their due diligence inside and cannot control the outside activity.

"I hate to say it, but as soon as we started letting you do the last call and closing later, here you are back here for the same thing," board member Kathy Amuso said.

"And I know what you're saying, 'Well, sometimes maybe they're from other bars or just sitting outside,' but you are the ones that are coming before us so it seems like you can't handle the crowd that comes in."

Chairman Thomas Campoli commented that the issues essentially went away when the restaurant was required to close earlier.

"And I get what you're saying about people can do what they want to do on the street but when the issues are right out in front of Ponchos every time, then we got to do something to at least try to avoid that situation from happening," he said.