http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1854 Rob Goodspeed's blog Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1854/comment-page-1#comment-6807 The Goodspeed Update » Shaw Restaurant Update Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:48:43 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=1854#comment-6807 [...] Long story short: two new, locally-owned restaurants in my neighborhood (Vegetate and Queen of Sheba) have been unable to get a liquor license due to the activism of a neighborhood church with a mostly suburban congregation. Now at urging of Vegetate owners Dominic and Jennifer Redd, a city council member has introduced a bill which would overturn the quirk in the city’s liquor laws that allows liquor stores to open near schools but prevents fine vegetarian or Ethiopian restaurants from serving alcohol. (Within the 400-foot limit there’s already both a liquor store and Giant supermarket which sells beer and wine.) [...] [...] Long story short: two new, locally-owned restaurants in my neighborhood (Vegetate and Queen of Sheba) have been unable to get a liquor license due to the activism of a neighborhood church with a mostly suburban congregation. Now at urging of Vegetate owners Dominic and Jennifer Redd, a city council member has introduced a bill which would overturn the quirk in the city’s liquor laws that allows liquor stores to open near schools but prevents fine vegetarian or Ethiopian restaurants from serving alcohol. (Within the 400-foot limit there’s already both a liquor store and Giant supermarket which sells beer and wine.) [...]

]]> http://goodspeedupdate.com/2006/1854/comment-page-1#comment-5523 Mike Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:15:26 +0000 http://goodspeedupdate.com/?p=1854#comment-5523 Correction: That email broadcast originated from Tada Burke, Publisher of DC Pulse magazine - who is a strong supporter of Vegetate. Correction: That email broadcast originated from Tada Burke, Publisher of DC Pulse magazine – who is a strong supporter of Vegetate.

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