Would you like that on the rocks or straight up? Liquor-by-the-drink with a twist of controversy in Waynesville, NC.
February 2nd, 2008 Categories: Hot Local Topics
Will we soon be able to indulge in libations in restaurants in Waynesville, NC after the May primary? Time will tell… but in the meantime, sides will be taken and points will be made, providing more good fodder for the media, and fuel for ’round table’ discussions around town.
“While the community rejected allowing liquor in restaurants by a margin of nearly 2-1 in 1989, some business owners think public opinion may have since softened toward the idea.
“I think they just realize it’s a business decision, not moral. I think that’s what lost it for us the last time was it was more of a moral issue. I think a lot of people don’t really see it that way anymore,” said Shawn Smathers, manager at Headlight’s Bar and Grill on Main Street.”
On the subject of liquor, I would be remiss in my duties not to introduce you to Maggie Valley, NC’s own [retired] moonshiner, Popcorn Sutton, author of “Me and My Likker.” I haven’t seen him around town since one of his stills allegedly blew up in the mountains somewhere. Read more about Popcorn. (Photo courtesy of Rangefinderforum.com)
A little bit of alcohol raises the HDL cholesterol, the good kind of cholesterol that helps keep arteries clean!
I’ll toast to that! Thank you Janis…
Susie
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