A trendy downtown Salt Lake City seafood restaurant started business Saturday with glass-smashing and champagne, a symbolic gesture in its emancipation from Utah's so-called "Zion Curtains" alcohol law.
"It feels fabulous and liberating. It's a hallelujah moment," said Joel LaSalle, owner of Current Fish & Oyster. "It'll make our restaurant twice as beautiful because you can actually see the $100,000 bar and wall."
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A trendy downtown Salt Lake City seafood restaurant started business Saturday with glass-smashing and champagne, a symbolic gesture in its emancipation from Utah's so-called "Zion Curtains" alcohol law.
A number of new laws affecting the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will take effect July 1. The laws were passed by this year's General Assembly and signed by Governor Terry McAuliffe.
A number of new laws affecting the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will take effect July 1. The laws were passed by this year's General Assembly and signed by Governor Terry McAuliffe.
A bill designed to increase penalties on illegally shipped wine or beer coming into Michigan recently advanced both the House and Senate and now awaits signature from Gov. Rick Snyder.
Thrifty drinkers will want to shop Utah state liquor stores Friday because booze prices will go up come Saturday.
A Montgomery County police officer responding to a reported break-in at the county's Department of Liquor Control warehouse on the night of May 28 stopped a man walking away from a black Chevrolet Suburban parked at Lakelands Park Middle School in Gaithersburg.
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has decided to roll back a 30-year-old ban on happy hour advertising of drink prices, a confusing, archaic rule that became all but impossible to enforce in the social media age.
The Third Annual Native American Walk for Sobriety will be held in Richmond on Saturday, July 15 in order to raise awareness about the many issues surrounding alcoholism.
A state Senate committee Wednesday gutted a proposal that would allow beer distributors to sell wine and spirits, but it could still become law this year, the bill's sponsor said.