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Council recommends ABC approval for Alabama Music Box liquor license at 659 Conteil Street
Summary
Mobile City Council voted to advance a recommendation to the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for a lounge retail liquor Class I license for the Alabama Music Box at 659 Conteil Street after applicants introduced the business and answered questions about past noise concerns.
The Mobile City Council on April 2025 recommended the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board approve a lounge retail liquor Class I license for Alabama Music Box at 659 Conteil Street.
The action was included in a consent package the council advanced as a block vote. Miranda Pixley and Scott Bealman, who identified themselves as co-owners of the proposed venue, introduced the new business during the council’s presentations and answered questions about past problems associated with the venue’s previous location.
“The last time y’all had, to be honest, it was quite awful,” Miranda Pixley said, identifying herself as a co-owner and saying she and partners wanted to be “above board with council” and to operate a venue that is inclusive and safe. Scott Bealman, listing himself as a co-owner, said the owners are investing in renovations: “We’re in the process of spending about $250,000 on a renovation of a building that hasn’t been anything for 60 years,” he said.
Council members and staff did not record a separate roll-call vote for the item during debate; the recommendation to the ABC board was adopted as part of the consent resolutions the council approved later in the meeting. The consent listing reads: “37 6 33. Recommend approval to the ABC board for issuance of a lounge retail liquor class 1 license to Alabama Music Box 659 Conteil Street.”
The applicants said they will monitor operations closely and invited council oversight; Pixley said she would “watch it very closely” and pursue license remedies if problems recur. The council did not attach additional conditions on the recommendation when the consent items passed.
The ABC board, not the council, issues liquor licenses; the council’s action was a local recommendation to that state board. No formal ABC decision was recorded at the council meeting.
If the ABC board approves the license, the owners said they plan to open the venue for performances and community events. The council’s consent action did not set an opening date or additional permit conditions.
