A new beer garden on the Bedford Highway has reopened after having to close temporarily for failing to meet parking regulations.

The Bedford Beer Garden initially opened for a weekend in late June. But it closed when the Halifax Regional Municipality determined it didn't have enough parking spaces. 

The beer garden, located in a largely empty gravel lot along the highway, has been reduced in size by 100 square feet in order to require fewer parking spaces under its municipal permit.

"We had to com…