LIQUOR COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Consider Taste Buds Kitchen’s request to increase the cap on Class M-Recreational license by one (1)
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DEPARTMENT: Legal Department
SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Bonner, Senior Assistant City Attorney
BACKGROUND:
The City has enacted the Class M liquor license ("M License") for the sale at retail and service of wine and beer at recreational and/or lifestyle amenities facilities. Recreational facilities include an art studio, indoor sports facility, golf course, bowling alley or billiards, having a minimum of ten regulation billiard tables. Lifestyle amenities facilities include beauty shops, hair salons, spas, and personal cosmetic establishments.
For recreational facilities, the M License requires that at least 60% of annual revenue come from non-alcohol sources, limits wine and beer sales to times when the recreational area is open and available for use and imposes an annual fee of $2,200. The license is capped at thirteen (13), twelve (12) of which have been issued, with one (1) additional application currently in progress.
Taste Buds Kitchen, located at 620 N. River Road, Unit 108, is a culinary-themed recreational facility offering cooking classes, summer camps, birthday parties, and corporate events for children, families, and adults. The concept functions much like an art studio but uses food as the creative medium rather than paint. The business operates as a children’s kitchen during the day and transitions to adult programming in the evening.
Taste Buds Kitchen seeks an increase in the M license recreational cap to allow the service of beer and wine during adult classes, where beer and wine would be sold as part of the class package. Adult classes are regularly scheduled Monday through Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.