New Asian Restaurant Eats Cost of $10,000 Liquor License
With Shorewood out of regular $600 Class B liquor licenses, village officials approved a reserve permit for NaNa Asian Fusion, ensuring the restaurant opens on time with a full liquor bar.
New Asian restaurant and sushi bar NaNa Asian Fusion decided to eat the cost of a $10,000 reserve Class B liquor license as the Village Board approved the permit Monday. Owner Nick Zheng hopes to open sometime this month, with a full liquor bar, but with Shorewood businesses already holding Shorewood’s 14 Class B licenses allowing them to serve hard liquor, beer and wine, Zheng’s only option was to apply for a $10,000 reserve license. "He has decided not to wait...because they would like to open fully equipped," Trustee Ellen Eckman said. State law allots municipalities a set number of Class B licenses for issuance and some reserve Class B liquor licenses based on its population, which are required to be sold for no less than $10,000. …
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Monica
9:26 am on Sunday, February 5, 2012
So what does this say about our future??.. It is so typical that (in this country) if you have money, you dont have to wait in line, you dont have to wait for the Board to approve you, just shell out the money and we'll alter our agenda to accomodate you... I guess theres no such thing as equality even among vendors... Is Shorewood that broke that it would give a liquor license to the highest … more ›