Will Waxhaw town voters say yeah! to liquor-by-the-drink next fall? The town board voted last night to put the measure on the fall ballot, but it is a strict standard.
Licensees would have to get 50 percent of sales from non-booze, up from the state standard of 30 percent. Other municipalities looking to draw in your basic Applebee’s-Chili’s line of casual chains have gone this route with success as casual chains get less than 20 percent of sales from alcohol. But I really wonder if a locally-owned, funky watering hole/neighborhood pub could hit that 50/50 booze-food breakdown.
Interesting choice then for Waxhaw’s expatriate urbanites: Opt for some booze outlets, even they are likely to be of middle-brow, non-hip variety or chuck the lot in a spasm of anti-cookie cutter fervor.
