The owner of the coffee shop on that corner is a good friend of mine. We are going to try to do these twice a month at her location.
A bartender at the Lamplighter decided to take out their bad morning on us and call the cops, saying we were being a nuisance. Officer showed up looking for the organizer, and guess what.. no loud cars, no loud music, no burnouts and everyone was behaving.
She told me to disband the event , her reason was "unauthorized parking".. I pointed at the signs and said it's three hour public parking, everyone is giving these businesses on the block their money. Go ahead and ticket everyone, you won't win.
Realizing she wasn't going to get far, she left. She came back to apologize a while later and things were fine.