Beer Shoppe balks at rearranged G Street furniture
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As Red 88 gets its outdoor patio prepped for approval, another G Street business owner is seeing red.
Taylor Ramos, owner of The Davis Beer Shoppe, came to work on Tuesday to an empty patio. Without warning, all the city furniture in front of his business had been moved to outside Red 88. While his bar is not leasing space like Red 88 plans and Woodstock’s Pizza does, he feels targeted.
“All the fixtures downtown remain in every other original location,” he said.
The Davis Beer Shoppe is at 211 G St. Red 88 is at 223 G St. Both served patrons outside during COVID-19 restrictions. The Shoppe’s liquor license still includes the patio area.
Ramos said the city of Davis doesn’t like his relationship with transients. “The police have come to hate our store for serving the unhoused, despite them paying, and paying corkage when they drink onsite. They roust the homeless at least twice a day on G Street. They removed the benches across the street and now they've removed our part of the community fixtures,” though he doesn’t begrudge Red 88.
City Public Information Officer Barbara Archer responded promptly. “The intent has always been for G Street furnishings and other structures to be rearranged as outdoor dining spaces are rented. The City needed to relocate the planters for Red 88’s patio fencing.”
She continued, “The Beer Shoppe has not submitted an application for outdoor dining to the City. The Beer Shoppe may have an ABC license that does allow them to serve on the patio, however, without an approved application and an executed license agreement, per the City’s Municipal Code, they are not permitted to serve alcohol there.”
Ramos said he hasn’t applied for outdoor dining because he heard from other business owners “that the paperwork was a nightmare.”
Meanwhile, Red 88 posted on Facebook that its patio is getting closer to approval. As I reported on Aug. 4, the planters are the temporary fence they need for Alcohol Beverage Control to inspect it and issue a new permit. After that, the city can issue a patio license.
→ Travel update: Greetings from French Polynesia! I was on Tahiti on Sunday, when I told you I had my first case of COVID. Before that, my husband and I visited our son and daughter-in-law in Honolulu. Luckily, no one else got sick. Today, we’re on the island of Moorea. It’s been a relaxing place to recuperate. Next week, we head to Fiji.
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