Arturo J. PaniaguaOver the weekend, the Chron reported that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) was allegedly going after all-ages clubs like Slim's, Bottom of the Hill, Cafe du Nord, and Great American Music Hall for reasons the clubs are calling unreasonable (i.e. totally unrelated to drunken teenagers). In the article, club owners expressed serious concern over outrageous laws forcing them, for example, to up their food sales when people don't patronize them as restaurants--the
When can a repeat felon manipulate the police and fire departments to crush a law-abiding bar and restaurant? When the felon's a San Francisco pol, and the bar's on Mission Street.
A SoMa club has ostensibly reached a truce in its long and contentious engagement with a powerful state agency -- but, as cost, the music will be off for a little while. DNA Lounge representative Jamie Zawinski announced on the club's blog today that the besieged nightclub negotiated a settlement with the state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) that includes a 25-day suspension -- the club will be closed Jan. 4 through Jan. 28 -- and several years of probation.As SF Weekly has
This just in from our sister site, The Snitch: After the state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control cited the DNA Lounge for "lewdness" among other things last year, looks like they have finally reached a settlement that includes a 25 day suspension (during which the club will be closed -- starting January 4 and ending January 28), and a probation period that could last a couple of years for the San Francisco club. Read more about the settlement here.
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