TIM PRATT
STARKVILLE — Two Starkville restaurants are now serving alcohol again after the State Tax Commission’s Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control suspended their liquor license last week.
According to Tax Commission spokeswoman Kathy Waterbury, the lone liquor license for Restaurant Tyler and Barrister’s Bar and Grill, which are located in the same downtown building, was suspended from Dec. 28 to Jan. 4 for a violation in September. The charge was for allowing consumption of alcohol after legal hours on Sunday, Sept. 20, Waterbury said. On weekends, Starkville bars and restaurants must stop serving alcohol by 1 a.m.
According to Brian Kelley, co-owner of Barrister’s and Restaurant Tyler, the violation resulted from two employees who were having a drink after the restaurants closed.
“Restaurant Tyler, as a practice, always follows all city and state laws regarding alcohol,” Kelley said in an e-mailed statement. “Several months ago, we had two employees drinking an alcoholic beverage after the restaurant had closed for the night, which was not permissible under an ABC ordinance. As a result, we reached an agreement with the State Tax Commission to not serve alcohol at Restaurant Tyler for one week. We have stressed the importance of following the ABC ordinances with our employees and are confident this was an isolated incident by these two employees.”
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What a bunch of dipshits we have running the state.
I think it goes beyond the state level