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Glendale council approves two Class B alcohol licenses for downtown businesses
Summary
The Glendale Common Council unanimously approved two Class B alcohol licenses: a beer (fermented malt beverage) license for Euro Palace and a beer-and-liquor license for La Cuisine Empanada Bar, following unanimous committee recommendations and brief clarifying remarks on license classification.
The Glendale Common Council on the evening voted unanimously to approve two Class B alcohol licenses for businesses on North Port Washington Road. The council approved a fermented malt beverage (beer) license for the Euro Palace at 5336 N. Port Washington Road and a beer-and-liquor license for La Cuisine Empanada Bar.
The approvals followed recommendations from the council’s Legislative and Judiciary committee, which recommended both licenses unanimously. “They recommended the license be issued unanimously,” Mr. Warwick, city staff, told the council as he reported the committee recommendation.
The council spent several minutes clarifying nomenclature used on the agenda. Alderman Michelle questioned why the agenda showed quotation marks around the letter “b” for one listing and not the other, saying the public materials could be confusing. The city attorney explained the state licensing system differentiates a fermented malt beverage (beer-only) license and an intoxicating liquor license (beer, wine and spirits) even though both are commonly referred to as “Class B” in local practice. “The first one you have to have just to serve beer, and the second one is the one that you need to serve either wine and or mixed drinks,” the city attorney said.
Alderman Gellhardt moved to adopt the committee recommendations and Alderman Bailey seconded. The council approved the two licenses by unanimous voice vote.
No conditions or amendments to the licenses were recorded in the meeting minutes. The council did not take further regulatory action on the licenses at that meeting.
The approvals were procedural; licensing applications were included in the council packet for review and the council indicated it was approving the applications as submitted.
