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Knoxville Beer Board approves multiple permits; police report finds three underage sales in compliance checks
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At its Sept. 16 meeting the Knoxville Beer Board approved a series of event- and business-permit applications—most subject to final documentation—and Officer Presley reported a Sept. 6 compliance check of 16 establishments that identified three underage sales, including one second-offense citation.
Knoxville’s Beer Board approved a slate of event and business beer-permit applications at its Sept. 16 meeting, while police reported enforcement activity that found three underage sales during compliance checks earlier this month.
Officer Presley told the board that his office, working with the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC), conducted compliance checks on Sept. 6 and "visited 16 establishments at that time. We visited 16 establishments... 3 of those sold to underage." He said three citations were issued by KPD and one citation was issued by TABC, and that Moe’s Southwest Grill is a second-offense business.
Board members approved permits for a benefit concert, a neighborhood festival and a series of new and relocated beer permits. Brian Coakley, event manager for For Them Sanctuary, described a benefit concert at The Standard on Sept. 19 to raise funds for the no-kill animal shelter; the board approved that permit after staff said the file was complete and the chair called the question.
Other approvals included the Fourth and Chill Festival, proposed for Oct. 4 on North Fourth Avenue and organized by Adelante Knoxville; multiple bar spaces at Kearns Food Hall (approval subject to health-department sign-off and surrender of existing permits); and several individual business applications approved pending final documentation such as certificates of occupancy or sales-tax registration.
For some applicants the board approved permits "pending final documentation," meaning staff flagged missing items applicants must submit to the business tax office before a fully final permit is issued. The chair instructed successful applicants to bring required documents to the business tax office during regular business hours and noted staff at the meeting — including Mr. Byrd and Mr. Johnson — could advise on certificates of occupancy, zoning, parking, plans review and inspections.
The meeting also included a request to postpone Yummy Bowl (item 6C) and to postpone El Molino and Juan’s Tacos (items 6A and 6B) until the Oct. 28 meeting because those applicants remain unable to complete background checks or respond to staff inquiries.
The board adjourned after handling the agenda and postponements. Several items approved "pending final documentation" will require applicants to submit outstanding paperwork before receiving a completed beer-board permit.
