Wednesday, April 11, 2012
In addition, City Manager Bob Bruner said the city plans to re-evaluate how Class C "quota" liquor licenses are approved.
After a shooting outside South Bar prompted anger and anxiety among residents, City Manager Bob Bruner has launched an official investigation of the bar's liquor license. Bruner said he's directed the City Attorney's Office and the Birmingham Police Department to investigate the number of incidents at South, as well as other restaraunts and bars around the city. City officials will also address the number of times police have made contact with either the restaurant or its patrons. "(This will) determine whether or not a pattern of patron conduct exists that would warrant a public hearing," Bruner said. Should a public hearing be needed, the city may request that the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) revoke South Bar's liquor …
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During a late-night public comment session at the Birmingham City Commission meeting, owners of the downtown hot spot defend the bar/restaurant, even as the city kicks off an investigation of its liquor license.
While the petition to challenge the liquor license at South Bar gathers signatures after gunshots were fired outside the restaurant last week, the bar's owners are making a request: Let us be a part of the solution. “As business owners and longtime residents of Birmingham, we are dedicated to being a major part of the solution,” Bethany Spadafore, wife of South co-owner Joseph Spadafore, said in a recent statement. “So instead of blaming other businesses for an issue that is not just isolated to one business or one location in the city, we are working towards a solution.” The statement was released in response to an April 2 incident outside South, during which a 29-year-old Redford woman shot a handgun into the air in the midst of a fight …
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Friday, April 6, 2012
Downtown Publications, which publishes Downtown Magazine in Birmingham, has created a petition to challenge South Bar's liquor license after a gun was fired outside the bar last weekend.
Downtown Publications, the publisher behind Birmingham's Downtown Magazine, has created a petition at Change.org to challenge the liquor license for South Bar. The petition was created after a gun was fired outside the bar and restaurant early Monday morning after a fight between two women. On Wednesday, Birmingham police released a photo of the woman believed to have shot the small handgun twice in the air; after turning herself in later that day, the woman is currently being questioned. According to the petition, Monday's shooting is just the latest in an "ongoing series of incidents involving patrons of this bar/nightclub which have included fights and even a stabbing." "The situation at South Bar constitutes a serious diversion of …
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David Olsen
7:13 am on Saturday, April 21, 2012
Victor - Are you really Ted Fuller or David H from downtown publications? Why so angry? Do you have personal financial gain from South closing? I hear you talk about bad crowds at South and you fear for your life? Gimme a break. A 19 yr old carrying a rifle in the middle of Birmingham is where you should focus your energy and anger. Birmingham has many issues, but South isn't one of them. If you … more ›