Gill said he and his lawyer are going to try again to have their closing hours extended in September, which will mark six months since he bought Tommy’s.

He said neighbors should have less cause for noise complaints now that he has late hours better staffed, which keeps large numbers of customers from becoming impatient and rowdy.

Tommy’s previous owner, Mian Iftikhar, had sold Tommy’s to Gill this March because of the loss in profits he suffered when the closing time changed. He said the change lost him 15 to 20 percent of his daily sales.

Iftikhar said when he bought the pizzeria in February 2001, he had assumed he was entitled to the 3 a.m. permit given to the previous owner.

But Gill bought the restaurant with the 2 a.m. closing time set, and didn’t seem to have any qualms about the conditions of his license.

“[Tommy’s is] near Harvard, it’s on the main street—sales and business should be great,” he said shortly after buying the pizzeria.

Originally from the Indian state of Punjab, Gill has been living in Boston for 20 years.

He previously owned a Hancock Street restaurant called New England Daily, New York Style.

—Staff writer Eugenia B. Schraa can be reached at schraa@fas.harvard.edu.