Good Ol’ Boys score again
For those not familiar with Boomsday, it’s a Knoxville tradition that involves a big fireworks show during Labor Day Weekend. The show has always had street vendors selling food. Beer was usually plentiful in the tents on the street. And if you’re connected, you can make a killing selling it:
Attendees at next month’s Boomsday fireworks show will not be able to purchase beer at the event. Unless, that is, they do their drinking at Calhoun’s on the River.
In a pair of seemingly contrasting votes Tuesday night, Knoxville City Council members approved the restaurant’s request to extend its standing beer permit to an outdoor patio area during the Sept. 4 event, after earlier denying a requested beer permit from Boomsday’s sponsor, Journal Broadcasting Group.
The Calhoun’s restaurant will have a monopoly on beer sales. The lines will be long. Of course, the owners of Calhoun’s (and a few other restaurants) are major players in the political realm in Knoxville. Just ask Tyler Harber.
The rule has always been keep it at Calhoun’s. However, that rule was never really enforced.
Update: Great minds and all that, Bubba has more.
