Politics & Government

What's Latest on New Duluth Alcohol Ordinance?

The city's Alcohol Review Board hears from a downtown business owner.

The recently revamped City of Duluth alcohol ordinance has survived its initial challenge.

The city's Alcohol Review Board voted Wednesday (Dec. 18) to leave unchanged the portion of the ordinance that governs where sales of growlers (draft beer to go) can occur.

That portion had been questioned by a downtown Duluth growler store owner who was unhappy with the ordinance, which was changed by City Council on Dec. 9.

Greg Lindquist of The Best of Brews on Main Street feels that the revamped ordinance, which allows growler sales in areas outside the downtown area, opens a threat to his business.

However, Slade Lail, chairman of the Alcohol Review board, noted that the board voted to let the revamped ordinance stand, in an effort to help business activity to expand in the city limits.

"My goal is to increase business" in the city, Lail said.

Lindquist could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

He had said earlier that he would not proceed with plans to expand his business to serve patrons in Parsons Alley. That possibility had also been opened up by the new alcohol ordinance.

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