As we have noted before (including last week with the forthcoming Westfield Tavern), restaurants and bars in Cobb have to take a few extra steps to get an alcohol pouring license if they come up against distance requirements in the county ordinance.
The Righteous Que barbecue restaurant at the Piedmont Commons Shopping Center has been open since 2012, and in December applied for a beer and wine license (it’s closed on Sundays).
As usual, the Cobb Business License Division denied the application, because the restaurant at 1050 E. Piedmont Road is less than 300 feet from a residence and less than 600 feet from the McCleskey Family-East Cobb YMCA, which is considered a park and subject to that distance requirement.
If an applicant appeals, that is heard by the Board of License Review, which is an appointed body that typically issues a reversal unless there is opposition or other circumstances.
There wasn’t opposition to the Righteous Que liquor license, and during the Jan. 5 appeal hearing the restaurant’s attorney said the plans are to serve beer and wine only, with customers taking their drinks to their tables after ordering, and that there will not be a bar.
Righteous Que’s opening hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Saturday. The attorney said that employees are being trained to check identification of customers at the time of beer and wine purchases, and that 90 percent of the business is expected to come from food sales.
“Additionally, the premises has been licensed in the past and granting a license now will not adversely affect on the residents or YMCA,” the restaurant stated as part of the appeal.”
Righteous Que moved into space that previously had been a Mexican restaurant and said that employees found to have violated the underage sales ordinance will be immediately terminated.
The review board reversed the denial 5-0, with the final say going to the Cobb Board of Commissioners, who approved the reversal Tuesday on their consent agenda.
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