After several months of construction and a single weekend of slinging pints, a new beer garden along the Bedford Highway has had to shut off its taps indefinitely after failing to meet permit requirements.

Tony Makhoul, co-owner of the Bedford Beer Garden, said the business obtained a special occasion licence for its opening this past weekend, which he described as a success.

But a Halifax Regional Municipality bylaw states the beer garden — located in a largely empty gravel lot along the highway…