Posts tagged Liquor Licenses
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Former liquor chair’s mistakes come back to bite Hank’s
Hank’s Oyster Bar owner Jamie Leeds has had about the worst time one can with the District’s alcoholic beverage licensing process. A years-old fight, which she’s essentially won, over outdoor seating popped back up last week and forced her to shut down half her patio during Pride weekend, one of the busiest of the year on 17th Street. Sadly, Leeds lost out on… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shape DC’s future
Live in 5? Vote! (McDuffie!); Budget boosts housing, delays NoMa park; Taxis get better; Bike & Ride opens today; What to do with Franklin; Pepco trims trees; Fly to PDX, SJU, AUS, SFO; Nothing new under the sun; Santa Monica fights meter feeding; Los Angeles grows up. Keep reading…
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Georgetown liquor moratorium brings both good and bad
A group of U Street residents and business recently formed to fight a possible liquor license moratorium along the newly bustling corridor. The reaction has been swift and strong. Georgetown’s experience with a similar one shows some benefits for a moratorium, but also bears out some of the concerns that moratorium opponents raise. Eric Fidler weighed in yesterday with… Keep reading…
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A moratorium will stifle new restaurants and lower service
There is yet another movement afoot for a liquor license moratorium (and thus a restaurant moratorium) on U Street. This moratorium is a bad idea, and some other residents have created a petition to oppose it. A resident on 13th Street is behind the latest push; she proposes the moratorium for all new liquor license applications within a 1,800-foot radius of Ben’s Next Door. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blame it on the alcohol
Closing time; A dryer U St.?; Where the bars are; How to succeed in coffee; Good and bad for WMATA transparency; Watch out for the tracks; Arts District tops; Gas mileage performance parking?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Raise the roof
Raise the height limit?; Wish list would restore cuts, maybe; Metro no, rural roads yes; Innovation gets grants; Forest Glen zoned for failure; Easy as 3-1-1; Back to the land in the city; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Punt it
Extended play; Congressional meddling to get behind; Streetcar comes up short; Schools face cuts; Bar owners back their best interest; DoD choice worsens traffic; Bike sharing a ripoff? Expand it!; Formalize the informal street; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s in your wallet?
More on money orders; Senate passes transportation bill; Want to buy a paper?; How should Arlington expand CaBi?; Liquor licenses need reform; Don’t get squashed by a truck; The Disneyfied monument; More forum wrap-ups; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A bundle
Raid goes to the top; Move out or get a roommate?; DC’s most dangerous crossings; Herndon approves density plan; DC neglects crumbling facade; Where are the natives?; Residents revolt against liquor moratorium; And…. Keep reading…
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Liquor laws, lacking nightlife hurt Silver Spring bars
Last weekend, Piratz Tavern, a pirate-themed bar in downtown Silver Spring, received a makeover from the TV show Bar Rescue and re-opened as a more conventional hangout dubbed Corporate Bar & Grill. While host Jon Taffer and many customers say it failed because of bad food and poor service, there are other factors that sunk this ship. For starters, Montgomery County makes… Keep reading…