At the Gothic Theater several years back, bayou bluesman Tab Benoit took the stage. A vastly underrated guitarist, Tab also has a knack for telling riveting, hilarious stories between songs.
As you probably remember, March 17 St. Patrick s Day was closing time in 2020, the day that bars, breweries and restaurants across Colorado were forced to curtail in-house service as a way to try to slow the spread of COVID-19. Many of these establishments have noted this sad anniversary while appreciating the fact that they can now be open at limited capacity indoors and with outdoor seating.
But to keep things from getting out of hand this St. Patrick s Day, the state s Liquor Enforcement Division warned watering holes that its officers will be out in force (and probably not in green suspenders). LED takes public safety concerns very seriously, and over-service violations may result in administrative action up to and including revocation of a liquor license, the agency noted. LED will be checking on health-order compliance and advises licensees to limit mixing with people you do not live with as much as possible to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. We have just started e
Clark’s supermarket anchors the shopping complex at North Mill and Puppy Smith streets; Aspen Wine & Spirits is located across the hallway from Clark s.
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One thing the pandemic hasn’t ended is the neighborhood beer battle between Clark’s Market and Aspen Wine & Spirits, which spilled into court in September 2018.
Last week, the liquor store again took the supermarket, the city of Aspen and the Local Licensing Authorities to court, as well as the Colorado Department of Revenue and its liquor enforcement division. The complaint challenges the legitimacy of the grocer’s license to sell beer.
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A pair of liquor store clerks must pay more than $500 in fines after selling alcohol to Lindsey Ward minutes before she caused a fatal accident that killed two people on Colorado Highway 9 last year.
Avran LeFeber and Cody Moral were working at Breckenridge Market & Liquor on the afternoon of the crash and were convicted on misdemeanor charges of selling alcohol to Lindsey Ward while she was visibly intoxicated. The alcohol that LeFeber and Moral sold Ward didn’t contribute to the subsequent crash, but the court ultimately determined that the two men knew she was drunk at the time of the sale and should have refused her service.
Business groups pitch modification to COVID restrictions
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado â Many small businesses are struggling as counties up and down the Front Range have moved into level red restrictions on the state COVID-Dial in response to widespread virus activity. A new effort could bring those mom-and-pops some relief if the governor and state health department agree.
Members of 45 business groups including the Colorado Restaurant Association, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, and chambers of commerce from around the state sent a letter to Governor Jared Polis Friday asking him to consider modifying the COVID restrictions to use a framework based on Mesa County s 5-Star variance program.