[Mpls] Food at Bars

[Joseph Barisonzi]

John,

Just as a note for your consideration -- I have no opinion on any matter
being discussed right now, but State law requires bars to serve food -- but
in order to not be a restaurant they have to serve food that has been
produced off-site. If they start producing the food onsite they need a
different license and such will have different food/alcohol sale
requirements. 

The "snacky-crap" that you refer to is actually a consequence of the current
licensing law.

(I learned this in talking with a smoke-free restaurant that wanted to serve
their own food in their non-smoke free bar area in Duluth during the initial
ban there. They couldn't serve their own name brand well-known branded
signature food produced onsite to the bar -- or it would no longer be a bar
and couldn't have smoking. For obvious reasons the voters have changed the
nature of the smoking ban in Duluth.)

Joseph Barisonzi
Joseph at JosephBarisonzi.com
612-518-5536

-----Original Message-----
From: John Harris [mailto:jh651 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:26 AM
To: 'Mpls Forum'
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Smoking ban night 2

> The claim that virtually all bars in Minneapolis are restaurant/bars needs
> to be challenged with a visit to NE MPLS.  Sure you may be able to get
> things to eat, snacky crap like chips and peanuts and perhaps a choice of
> pizzas but I I would not say virtually all bars in Minneapolis are such.

there are many bars that offer more than that "snacky crap" you speak of in
NE
MPLS.  Jaros, Stasiu's, sample room, dusty's, spring street, mayslacks,
moose,
psycho suzi's, 1029, gabbys.  The only one's I've been to that fit the bill
would be grumpy's, the knight cap and possibly the 22nd ave station, but i
have
seen signs they serve food.

I agree that all bars are not restaurant/bars but all bars in NE are not
simply
pushing "snacky crap" as food.  

John Harris
webber-camden



		
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