Michael Monen of the Monen Family Restaurant Group is opening a second location of Community Pie at 2006 Hamilton Place Blvd. The original Community Pie is on Market Street.
This group also has opened and owns Taco Mamacito, Urban Stack, Hi-Fi Clyde’s and Milk & Honey in Chattanooga, Nashville and other states.
Community Pie specializes in Neapolitan and New York Style Pizzas along with salads and pasta. These restaurants have a daily meeting of servers regarding how to sell and serve alcohol to be sure they are aware of the importance of the rules. New employees are trained in alcohol sales by an in-house team led by store managers on a one-to-one basis.
Convenience stores that received carry-out beer permits from the Beer Board are a new 7-Eleven at 4396 Amnicola Highway and Eagles Food & Fuel at 5902 Shallowford Road. Both businesses scan IDs for age before making a beer or tobacco sale.
After the night club Studio 58 located at 4817 Highway 58 received a three-day suspension of its beer license for failure to report a disorder and allowing people to leave the bar with an open container, owner Terrance Jones has taken steps suggested by the Chattanooga Police to gain control of the crowds. That suggestion was to change his targeted clientele and to obtain a “brown bag” license. He has done both since the incident that took place on June 1, soon after the opening of the business.
The dress code and age limit has been changed and on Thursday the Chattanooga Beer Board gave Mr. Jones a license for “Brown Bagging”. It is the first of this type of license that Chattanooga has issued. All employees that serve beer have to be go through beer sales training specific to Chattanooga. And because brown-bagging has to do with spirits, all employees will also have to have a servers permit from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC). The bar will sell beer but customers can bring their own spirits in a brown bag with the new permit. Studio 58 will sell ice and set-ups. Beer Board member Vince Butler told Mr. Jones that he will have the same responsibilities overseeing people bringing their own alcohol and that his liability will continue, so he must monitor those customers. Since the consumption is out of his control the bar owner said he will call for UBER for anyone that is inebriated.
The convenience stores that received carry-out beer permits are a new 7-Eleven at 4396 Amnicola Highway and Eagles Food & Fuel at 5902 Shallowford Road. Both businesses scan IDs for age before making a beer or tobacco sale.
An automotive business, Mr. T’s Tire at 7309 Edgefield Drive has sold tires, and wheels and done brake work since it started 30 years ago. The owner, Randy Johnston wants to expand his business by adding towing. There is a fenced area at the building where the business is located and Mr. Johnston has recently purchased two tow trucks that have been inspected and approved by Wrecker Inspector Phillip Moser. The beer board members acting as the wrecker board unanimously approved the request to add the towing business.
The annual election of officer for the Chattanooga Beer Board took place. The result is that Monica Kinsey will continue in the role of chairman. Tiffany Bell will be vice chairman and Dan Mayfield will serve as secretary in the upcoming year.