Gary Majors, the manager of the city's division of Regulated Industries, says that he just signed an agreement with the owner of NV, 220 Admiral Blvd., that will suspend the downtown dance club's operations for 60 days. They'll be closed for the first 45 days, then allowed to operate on a probational basis for the next 15, which means no violations of any kind before they're off the hook again. The suspension starts Tuesday, May 26. NV was the target of a Kansas City Police Department stak
Dolce, the upscale dance club and tapas restaurant at 1520 Grand Avenue, is being taken over by new owners. "We are processing an application now for a sale of an existing business," says Gary Majors of the city's Regulated Industries Division. Jay McNamara is taking over the space and turning it into a club called 15Twenty. Joe Simone, Dolce's former owner, told The Kansas City Star when the club opened that it was to be Kansas City's "first real bottle experience." (Don't tell that to Blonde.)
Why, it was just two days ago that Fat City mentioned the roster of Kansas City, Missouri, businesses temporarily closed for serving alcohol to minors. Turns out there's a reason for the uptick in violations.Fresh off cracking the case of the rotten sushi, NBC Action News is at again. It followed the Kansas City, Missouri's Regulated Industries Division (RDI) on an undercover sting. RDI had two 20-year-olds walk into bars, ask for a beer and present their normal underage license. Turns out that
Last week, we reported on the proposed city ordinance change that could revoke your favorite bar's 3 a.m. liquor license. The changes include raising the gross annual sales requirement from $100,000 to $250,000. Jim Hess, co-owner of Dave's Stagecoach in Westport, said the changes would cost jobs and money. Some of commentors were upset that the changes included an exemption for bars in downtown entertainment districts (i.e., Power & Light)
Since then, we've been
Worthington.gov.ukKids, boozin'Yesterday, Plog reader tracy a. asked some astute questions regarding how Kansas City's Regulated Industries Division decides on punishments after busting an establishment for selling alcohol to minors. The question was prompted by yesterday's post, which reported that Sol Cantina's liquor license will be suspended for seven days (January 1 through January 8, 2010) following a December 5 violation of the law. tracy a. wanted to know: Can some newsie find out why
