by evansfox | Apr 14, 2016
The Authority has revised the Liquor Store and Wine Store application to assist applicants in providing more complete and accurate information and complying with all mandatory requirements. The primary changes include: a revision to the application checklist to verify...
by evansfox | Oct 22, 2012
Any establishment seeking a retail on-premises liquor license (not a beer and wine application) is subject to the 500’ rule, which stipulates that a premises cannot be located within 500’ of three or more similarly licensed premises. Last month, the Rochester City...
by evansfox | Oct 22, 2012
One hundred and fifteen years. That’s how long it’s been since the town of Seneca in Ontario County, New York, has been trying to change the local alcohol law. How ironic that a town that sits just a few miles from Seneca Lake’s wine country isn’t able to serve wine –...
by evansfox | Jul 11, 2012
Spike TV has a show called “Bar Rescue” (Time Warner Channel 27) and Food Network has a show with celebrity chef Robert Irvine called “Restaurant Impossible” (Time Warner Channel 45). While I am as tired as anyone of reality TV shows, I must admit I learned some...
by evansfox | Feb 15, 2012
Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that provides discounts on goods and services in local markets. If a certain number of people sign up for the deal, it becomes valid. If the minimum is not met, then one gets that day’s deal. Groupon is now a billion-dollar...
