The Chattanooga Beer Board met on Dec. 18, 2025, to consider routine business, approve minutes and review new retail beer-permit applications. Chair opened the session and noted most new applications had already been cleared by regulatory staff.

The board approved the minutes of Nov. 20 and Dec. 4, 2025, by voice vote. The transcript records members responding "Aye," but the exact roll-call tally was not specified in the meeting record.

Regulatory staff had already approved a list of permits, which the board read into the record: a Chattanooga Firefighters Association Holiday Block Party permit and corporate filings for Logan's Roadhouse (two entries) and Playwash Pint LLC. The board then heard new applications. Chair introduced 7 C Smoke Shop (Rui Crouppra Inc., beer application 1364) and said regulatory review was complete.

The board reviewed an application for Uptown Reload (listed in the record as Nathan Binford LLC, beer 1365) and told the applicant that final sign-off from the building inspector was still required before the regulatory approval would complete. The board instructed the applicant to contact the building inspector to schedule the outstanding inspection.

Triple Kings Deli LLC (beer permit 1376) appeared before the board. The applicant identified himself on the record as "Sam" (the transcript alternately spells his name as "Saline" and "Saleh"). He described the business as "a convenience store. It's, 800 square feet with another 803 square feet as a storage area," and said it would later expand into a small deli.

Board members pressed the Triple Kings applicant on how staff would prevent sales to underage customers. The applicant described the point-of-sale workflow: when an item is scanned "it'll pop up 'check ID.' You take the ID, you check it, and then you press confirm." A board member raised the concern that employees sometimes press confirm even when a customer is underage, and asked what safeguards were in place. The board and staff recommended that retail applicants enroll in Tennessee's responsible-vendor program; staff told applicants to consult tn.gov for sign-up information.

Chair also introduced Bonney Oaks Express (listed as ybr2025 Inc., beer permit 1379) and noted regulatory records indicated that application had passed staff review. Overall, the Chair summarized that items 1, 3 and 4 (7 C Smoke Shop, Triple Kings Deli, Bonney Oaks Express) were approved by regulatory and that the Uptown Reload applicant remained subject to a pending building inspection.

The hearing portion concluded with no public commenters recorded in the transcript. The board then adjourned the hearing to begin the beer-violation portion of the docket; the Chair introduced an attorney attending the violation session but the attorney's name was not provided in the transcript.

What happens next: applicants with outstanding building or inspection requirements must complete those steps for final permitting; applicants were advised to consult tn.gov about the responsible-vendor program for retail sellers. The board's next meeting was announced for Jan. 8 at 9 a.m.