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Beer Board Told Sticky Fingers Appeal Is Under Advisement

Thursday, October 01, 2009 - by Dana Wilbourn, dbwilbourn@yahoo.com

Chattanooga Beer and Wrecker Board attorney Ken Fritz told the Beer Board on Thursday that Chancery Court Judge Howell Peoples has heard the appeal from Sticky Fingers Restaurant over the board’s decision to suspend the restaurant’s license for three days after it failed a compliance check in 2008.

The decision is under advisement, Mr. Fritz said, and it is not known when the final ruling will be released.

Big River Grill and Blue Water Grille have also appealed their three-day suspensions to Chancery Court but those cases have not been heard, Mr. Fritz said. Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group owns the two side-by-side restaurants downtown.

Officer John Collins told the board the recent training provided by TDOT for class C and recovery wrecker companies was well attended by representatives of those companies on the city’s rotation list.

The board had no beer license or wrecker license violations on the agenda.

The board approved the following applications for consumer and/or carry-out beer sales:

Ramon Lopez
Ritmo Caliente Supermarket
5813 Lee Highway Suite 6

Troy Sutton
Riverside Food Works
205-C Manufacturers Rd.

J. T. McDaniel
Get and Go Bistro
107 W. 38th St.

Surat Wongmanee
Tunnel Foodmart
601 Tunnel Blvd.

Pete Waddington
Coltrane’s on 9th
2 Union Square

Special event licenses were approved for the following:

Carla Pritchard
Chattanooga Downtown Partnership
3 Sister’s Bluegrass Festival at Ross’s Landing
Oct. 2-3 (4–11 p.m)

Carla Pritchard
Chattanooga Downtown Partnership
Chattanooga Market at Miller Plaza
Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (4–7 p.m.)

John Mitchum
Chattanooga Nature Center
Festival of Jack-O-Lanterns
Oct. 16–18 (2–9 p.m.)


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