Chelsea’s liquor license snatched for now
By Rebecca Breeden
@225 Magazine
Chelsea’s Café’s this week will close at 10 p.m., and the live music has been cancelled.
Here’s the back story: The state office of Alcohol and Tobacco
Control raided the restaurant in January. After a court hearing (in March, the ATC told owner David Remmetter he needed to change his zoning status within 30 days. Remmetter says he took steps to get rezoning through the Metro Council, but the process usually takes 60 to 90 days (read Councilwoman Tara Wicker’s reaction and about the “Save Chelsea’s” groups that formed as a result.
On April 21 around 4 p.m., ATC agents returned to Chelsea’s this time to yank the restaurant’s liquor license. Remmetter says he tried contacting the ATC, but the office was already closed. The next day—after Remmetter says he left several phone messages with the ATC and couldn’t get any response—Judge Trudy White granted a temporary restraining order so Remmetter could keep his business open. This prompted the ATC to immediately take steps to have the restraining order dissolved.
FULL STORY at: :: 225BatonRouge.com ::. Chelsea’s liquor license snatched for now.
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[Chelsea's is one of my favorite places in Baton Rouge. It has everything. Good music, food, drink and cool people. Chelsea's supports LOTS of local artists, which gives money back to our community. They should have their liquor license AND live music. Period.]
