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“Unregistered Beers” Get Local Bars Raided
Last night the three bars of Brendan Hartranft and Leigh Maida (Local 44, Memphis Taprom and Resurrection Ale House) were raided for selling unregistered beers. Leigh Maida […]
Montco Senator Wants to Loosen PA Beer Laws
Pennsylvania Senator John Rafferty staged a rally in Harrisburg yesterday to drum up support for opening up the beer selling market to supermarkets and convenience […]
More Hoops For Brew
Meal Ticket has the latest on the ongoing saga regarding Brew’s liquor license. Now the PLCB has requested a signed document stating Brew’s hours of […]
Rick Nichols Checks Out the Pub at Whole Foods
Rick Nichols picks door No. 2 at the new Whole Foods in Plymouth Meeting and though not quite through the looking glass, it is a […]
Just Like Joseph Stalin Would Have Wanted It
Philadelphia Weekly’s cover story this week takes aim at Pennsylvania’s liquor laws. Can and will change come to the system. PA’s Disgraceful Liquor Laws [Philadelphia […]
News For People Who Like Bad News
Matt Levin will not be running Rubb when it opens on Main Street in Manayunk. What he is up to is anyone’s guess. [The Insider] […]
What Should The Punishment Be?
Victor Fiorillo’s Operation Maker’s Mark has wrapped up and Oscar’s got busted. the divey Center City bar was serving up something that wasn’t Maker’s Mark. […]
Talking With The PLCB’s CEO
Grub Street scores an interview with Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board CEO, Joe Conti regarding the PLCB’s wine boutique concept. Also of note in the interview: […]
Latest On PLCB Wine Boutique Plan
News on the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s plan to open wine boutiques within restaurants and food shops has been scant since the original flare-up in […]
Tria’s Jon Myerow Wants Fair Competition
Tria’s owner Jon Myerow is organizing PA Restaurants for Fair Competition in a move to counter the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s announced collaboration with with […]
More Opinion On The LCB/Garces Venture
Judging by the amount of comments we received on the Jose Garces and Pennnsylvania Liquor Control Board thread there’s no shortness of opinion on the […]
Garces In Bed With PLCB
Philadelphia Magazine confirms that Jose Garces is indeed opening something in the Western Union Building at the corner of 11th and Locust. The something appears […]
Union Trust Liquor License Clears Hurdle
The protest of Union Trust’s liquor license by sommelier Marnie Old has been tossed out by the PLCB. A protest letter filed by local sommelier […]
Where’s The Trust?
In an interesting squabble, wine expert Marnie Old is protesting Union Trust’s liquor license. According to correspondence, Old wants the restaurant to sign a document […]
Working The PLCB
PhilaFoodie provides some tips on how to get a difficult to find wine in your hands in Pennsylvania. And no, it doesn’t begin with drive […]