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Mutual Musicians Foundation victim of more liquor control stupidity

November 9, 2006 |

Once again the city has “discovered” a popular community gathering that doesn’t quite comply with its convoluted liquor regulations.  We’re supposed to believe that no one in Liquor Control know that the world-famous Mutual Musicians Foundation sold booze at it’s all-night jam sessions until a police officer “stumbled” upon the MMF one night in September.  It’s a very similar scenario to what happened last year when Liquor Control “discovered” that Crossroads art galleries were providing beer and wine at the monthly gallery crawl.

I have wonder what’s going on here. Is it something shady, or our bureaucrats really so out of touch with the daily life in the city that they don’t know about two of the biggest parts of our cultural scene?


Comments

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  1. murph on November 9, 2006 2:20 pm

    It sounds like the city and the Foundation are both to blame here. Really, once you start cutting places like this slack, where do you stop?

    If the Foundation is a cultural institution, it’ll survive without liquor sales. Preservation Jazz Hall in New Orleans didn’t serve liquor (or have decent heating or seats) but they did quite well. If the music is good, people will come. As it stands right now, it seems like a convenient excuse to keep drinking after closing time.

  2. lemon on November 9, 2006 5:08 pm

    Apparently in BlogKC’s circle, drinking often disguises itself as culture. Have the liquor restrictions enforced in the Crossroads district killed off First Fridays?

  3. bob on November 10, 2006 9:17 am

    The law is the law. Don’t whine about it being enforced. Work to get it changed if that is your desire.

  4. Johannsen on November 10, 2006 2:29 pm

    In Chicago, the comedy clubs that don’t have liquor licenses let you bring in your own liquor. I wonder if that is an option here.

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