Booze Controversy
from WATE Ch. 6
We have some actual booze news in Knoxville. WATE channel 6 posted a story on their website about a new restaurant opening in Fort Sanders that plans to sell alcohol, however the location of the new establishment is too close to a mosque to obtain a local beer permit. Luckily there may be a loophole that will allow them to get the permit if the state approves a liquor license. The article explains that state law doesn't have a distance requirement and that the local ordinance would be voided if a liquor license is approved. Excellent!!
I've been wondering what they were up to at the old Flynn Paint building and now we know, a new restaurant called The Hill. I really hope they approve the liquor license so we can have another option for downtown/campus food and drink. With no apologies to the mosque, or any church for that matter, I think we're past the days of antiquated ordinances for religious purposes. Let's hope this new restaurant opens without a hitch and gets the required permits. More importantly let's hope that it is worthwhile and a good addition to the Fort.
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Hell, there is a AME Church that shares the parking lot with Sidestreet Tavern.
ReplyDeleteI guess there is indeed a way to circumvent the old ordinances.
Apparently state tax revenues from liquor sales trump local ordinances.
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