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Florissant council pauses Plush Lounge liquor renewal after police report, racial-bias allegation; hearing continued to July 28
Summary
Council heard a lengthy police chronology of incidents at Plush Lounge and testimony from the club’s manager and attorney. The council voted to continue the liquor-license renewal hearing to July 28; a motion to extend the bar’s temporary license failed, leaving the club without a liquor license until the next meeting.
A Florissant City Council hearing on July 14 produced contentious testimony about safety, enforcement and race before members voted to continue a contested liquor-license renewal for Plush Lounge to July 28.
Florissant Police Captain Catherine DeHart reviewed the department’s records for Plush Lounge (12667 New Halls Ferry Road), describing a string of complaints and incidents since occupancy and licensing in 2022. DeHart cited multiple ordinance and liquor violations, hookah use in violation of business license rules and the Saint Louis County Clean Air Act, reports of large disturbances and possible weapons, assaults, trespassing arrests, parking violations and at least one incident in which investigators…
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