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Cairo updates ordinance to allow complimentary alcohol at tobacco retailers; council approves one license amid liability questions
Summary
The City Council adopted an ordinance allowing retail tobacco and cigar shops to offer complimentary alcoholic beverages on premises and approved a complimentary-alcohol license for a cigar shop at 745 U.S. Highway 84 E.
The City Council updated a local ordinance to create a category for retail tobacco stores (including cigar shops) that permits those businesses to provide complimentary alcoholic beverages on premises without charge, and it approved a new complimentary-alcohol license for a cigar shop located at 745 U.S. Highway 84 E.
City officials said the ordinance does not specify a limit on the number of complimentary drinks per patron or an inventory cap; the council discussed whether that absence…
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