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Omaha council approves multiple liquor licenses but recommends denial for 879 Bar after heated hearing
Summary
Council approved several liquor licenses unanimously but, after extended questioning about security, hours and prior problems at the location, voted to recommend denial of the 8.79 Bar application to the Nebraska Liquor Commission.
The Omaha City Council on Dec. 16 approved a slate of liquor licenses for new and returning businesses across the city but recommended denial for a proposed downtown bar after a lengthy, at-times tense hearing.
In a series of routine votes, the council approved class C/I licenses for Polly’s (6750 Mercy Road), Astoria (5008–5012 S. 108th St.), The Scene event space (745 N. 14th St.), Legacy Collective (10730 Pacific St.) and Yamato Sushi Train and Grill (7429 Pacific St.). Each of those items passed by unanimous roll calls with no public opposition recorded at the hearings.
The council spent most of the afternoon on Item 13, the application from Makeisha Shields to operate a bar at the former 415 location in the Old…
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