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Bartlett denies special-use permit for Sticks and Stones cigar lounge after public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing with dozens of written letters and several in-person supporters, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to deny a special-use permit for Sticks and Stones to operate as a hookah/lounge bar with live entertainment and extended hours.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Bartlett voted to deny Resolution 29-25, a request for a special-use permit to allow a hookah lounge/bar/tavern smoking-lounge at 2965 N. Germantown Rd., Suite 111, after a public hearing on Aug. 26, 2025.
The city’s planning staff, represented by Sam Harris, assistant director of planning and economic development, told the board the planning commission had forwarded an unfavorable recommendation. Harris recited the item’s history: the board denied a similar special-use permit in January 2021; the business instead obtained a business license as a smoking-allowed restaurant and initially declared it would not serve liquor or host live entertainment. Planning staff said the Tennessee Code Annotated provisions that govern restaurant smoking and on-premises alcohol (as described in the staff presentation) allow a smoking-allowed restaurant to operate under limits, but that adding alcohol, live entertainment and later hours…
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