Augusta leaders slap liquor restrictions on downtown eatery
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Augusta Commission voted Tuesday to impose some restrictions on a downtown business that’s been accused of flouting the rules by serving alcohol after hours, operating as an unlicensed club and otherwise running afoul of deputies.
The commission unanimously approved a motion to revoke Sunday liquor sales by Tiffany’s Eatery on Broad Street.
It will also have to close at normal business hours. It has been staying open past 2:30 a.m. to sell food, but deputies claimed alcohol was still being served.
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Also, the business will be placed on probation.
Sheriff Eugene Brantley said he had met with the business owners last week, and commissioners took the actions he asked them to.
Brantley’s staff said that in addition to selling alcohol after hours, the business has supplied hookahs to customers, operated a dance floor without the proper license and charged a cover fee to get inside, which restaurants are not allowed to do.
Deputies also are concerned about fights.
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Tiffany’s opened five years ago, but says the late sales didn’t start until February.
Alpha Louis, with Tiffany’s told commissioners a few weeks ago says this is “trial and error,” since late sales started just a few months ago, and blamed fights on people coming from different bars downtown.
Also at Tuesday’s meeting
- Leaders approved Operation City Clean-Up, a collaborative initiative between city departments aimed at improving the cleanliness and appearance of Augusta-Richmond County’s public spaces and roadways. Now, people who are sentenced to community service will be part of the group helping keep these spaces clean. Mayor Garnett Johnson says you’ll see this group every Saturday once it gets up and running.
- Commissioners approved the Housing and Community Development Department’s request for a loan of $800,000 for construction of E.W. Estates in partnership with Woda Cooper Development and Parallel Housing. Within the Sand Hills Revitalization Area, the $16 million project will include 40 units of affordable housing, according to Commissioner Jordan Johnson.
- The commission considered whether sections of Montgomery Street and Johns Road are so disused by the public that they could be removed from the county road system. The Augusta Country Club wanted to buy the property. Commissioners voted against the plan.
- The commission approved renewing the intergovernmental service agreement between Augusta and the Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority in the amount of $120,000.
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