Boston’s Licensing Board rebuffed a local restaurant for acting as a night club, even though it was not licensed as one, at a hearing at City Hall on Wednesday.

The board, including Commissioners Joseph Mulligan and Michael Connolly and Chairman Daniel Pokaski, demanded that the manager of 180 Restaurant and Lounge, Steven Rayner, or his potential successor, Theo Bouges, reform the establishment to conform to licensing agreements.

A member of the Neighborhood Business Association in Boston, who spoke at the hearing, said although residents were “very enthusiastic about having a new restaurant,” 180 Restaurant and Lounge “has never acted as one. It has been acting as a night club and it was never something this neighborhood approved,” she said.

Pokaski said that should Bouges assume the management of the restaurant, he would have to earn the trust of the neighborhood.

“It really seems like this neighborhood wants to cooperate with you. They just don’t want to regret it,” Pokaski said.

Francesca’s, a restaurant in the North End that was petitioning for an extension of its daily hours from 12:30 to 1 a.m. due to a current lack of time for their customers to finish meals, also encountered resistance. A member of the Neighborhood Association said that this area of North End was more residential than areas closer to Faneuil Hall and that anyone still out drinking at this hour would disturb the residents nearby.

But the board was more receptive to Francesca’s request than the previous one.

“A half hour extension would only be to allow visitors to finish their meals and no further drink or food would be sold,” Mulligan said. “Also, on weekends some people may stay out later to finish a meal and an extension until 1 a.m. could really be a public need.”

Pokaski, Mulligan and Connolly heard a total of 32 requests, ranging from permission to change an establishment’s name, to requests for liquor licenses.

Newbury Guest House, at 261 Newbury St., applied for a liquor license and received little opposition.

Pho Pasteur, a restaurant currently at 119 Newbury St., petitioned for a move to 1418 Commonwealth Ave. and could provide another option for the Boston University community. The restaurant’s owner, Stephanie Martinez, has a “7-Day Malt and Wine License,” and she is seeking to transfer it to the new proposed location.

Most petitioners will find out the results of their requests by 8 a.m. Thursday morning, the board said.