The rules require that an establishment must seat at least 100 people with at least 70% of sales being food sales, why? What would be the difference in giving a small rest. that seats maybe 25-50 people the oppurtunity to open up and serve alcohol but under the same conditions as the larger establishments. If not, Applebees will soon be the only rest. in town that keeps its doors open. The cost to open and maintain a large 100+ seat rest. is too great. Just ask the Vintage House and a couple of others who are "on the edge" of closing. I agree that we dont need wet t shirt contests. Dont really care about karakoe or noodle wrestling but would like to see a nice, classy, small niche' Inn open up that could offer its customers the same options as its larger mega corporate counterparts. Maybe Im wrong...everyone wants to eat at Applebees every night.
The last post is dead on. The restaurants have a hard enough time dealing the miserable work force they have to deal with. Large area requirements increasefixed costs.
that is not a city rule. It is a state law. 100 seats and 70/30. There are other types of liquor laws that the people could vote in. It would require a petition and getting the issue on the ballot like before.
that is not a city rule. It is a state law. 100 seats and 70/30. There are other types of liquor laws that the people could vote in. It would require a petition and getting the issue on the ballot like before.
I disagree with this post. I have been to too many establishments in Lexington, Louisville, and other KY cities that didnt seat nearly 100 people and that served alcohol. Surely they werent all bootlegging.
Someone told me that there was a fight at the Depot last night. If this kind of stuff is going on in Corbin then maybe the city ABC administrator was right when he said that some of the restaurants have become nothing more than bars. Corbin does not need Patrick Swayze's Roadhouse.
So if people sat at tables, would it make a difference?
The ratio is 70/30, so there are several choices:
1) Raise the ratio to 75/25, or 80/20. Even if it was raised though, you would still have occasional issues with drunks and this conversation would continue, just like if someone drank at a party, at home, or worse, in London, Richmond or Lexington.
2) Leave the ratio but enforce the current 70/30, because I don't see how these places hit that ratio.
I heard there was a fight at Corbin High School last week.
Sould all of the students be punished?
If they were Drunk and broke the Law, then probably. Comparing the Depot to Corbin High School is a Silly carparison. Try again with a different example and folks might take you serious.
If two 18 year olds had a fight at Corbin High, on booze, meth or nothing at all, you think all of the students at the school should be punished?
What?
You act like there is nobody that misbehaves or fights unless it is at a restaurant with alcohol, which is not the case. Do you know alcohol was the cause of this fight, if there was indeed a fight at all? Do you know they were not on something when they showed up? Have you ever been in any fights in your life, and if you have, was booze the cause of all of them, or even any of them?
The point is you want to punish the 99.9% of the people who act responsibly because of a fight, and you don't even know for sure booze is what caused the fight.
You can't change the 70/30 laws without a re-vote.
If you read today's times tribune, there is a very informative article in it about just what we're talking about. The karoke and stuff is entirely up to the city commission as to what is and isn't allowed. The state laws are pretty vague so that the local govt's can make some of their own decisions. Like sunday sales is one of them. London chose to sell on sunday after 2pm, corbin did not. Or should I say, the city commission of cowards decided we should not sell on sunday.
I think the poster's questions to you are valid, not funny. Was there a fight? If so, do you know booze was the cause? Instead of saying nothing, try answering the questions. I agree, there are fights everyday unfortunately, and most not alcohol related.
Again, if there was a Fight at the (Corbin, Knox County, Lynn Camp?) School Mrs. Phillips, The Board Of Education or which ever Principal will have to handle this. This Thread is about serving Alcohol and Banning Karoke in City Restaurants who serve under the Laws that were passed 18 Months ago within the city of Corbin.
To my knowledge the commission is not taking action to regulate the schools, this is a city commision issue not a school issue, there are dozens of fights at all the surrounding school systems daily for a multitude of reasons.
For goodness sakes try and concentrate on the thread and subject matter, start a new thread if you feel fighting is out of control at the school or schools. I think I get your point your trying to make but using the system as a Platform Or Comparison is apples an oranges.
My neighbors, two of them were at the Depot Friday night, one early, around 730 till around 830, and the other neighbor, from 915 till about 1030, and there was no fight then.
My daughter and her husband, were there saturday evening, 8-930, and no fight then.
The food was excellent by the way.
And, as we were talking, how will these possible new rules affect the Comedy Club, if it's still open?
You are correct. It was not the Depot and it was a former county official. Poster was right. Not good for our area. I also agree that a few places are more bar than restaurant.
