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Monroe County business asks commissioners to scale back 2,000-foot beer-permit rule to sell alcohol-infused ice cream
Summary
Owners of Gabby’s ice cream asked Monroe County commissioners to reconsider a 1974 rule that prevents sale of malt-based, alcohol-infused ice cream within 2,000 feet of public gathering places, arguing the product is legal under TABC and that in-county city ordinances use much smaller distances.
Madisonville — Owners of a local, family-run ice-cream business asked the Monroe County Board of Commissioners on May 28 to consider changing a county rule that requires a 2,000-foot separation between beer-permit retailers and public gathering places, saying the rule prevents them from selling malt-based, alcohol-infused products at an existing county store.
Pete Slagle, who signed up to speak during the public-comment period, said his family’s Gabby’s-brand malt-based, alcohol-infused ice cream is manufactured and sold at other locations outside Monroe County and that the company wants to offer the same items at its Madisonville site on Highway 68. “I humbly ask that you consider, the request to change the 50 year old…
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