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Hinsdale Liquor-Code Change on Hold as Downtown Sports Bar Develops
A village committee decided to wait on passing an ordinance creating the new extended-hours liquor license until the owners of the proposed Fullersburg restaurant apply for a liquor license.
Hinsdale officials want to see the proposed Fullersburg sports bar become more than an idea before making a change in the village's liquor code that Doug Fuller and his partner have requested and the board of trustees has shown support for.
The Village of Hinsdale Administration and Community Affairs (ACA) Committee decided Monday night to hold off on recommending an item to the Hinsdale Board of Trustees that would officially create a new "extended-hours" classification of liquor license in the village allowing for an 11:30 p.m. last call on weeknights and a 12:30 a.m. last call on weekends.
A must-have for Fuller and partner Jim Carlstrom to open the low-cost, family-friendly sports bar in Hinsdale, trustees supported the new classification by a 4-2 margin last month. But the new type of license will not be officially created until an ordinance drafted by the village attorney amending the liquor code is recommended by the ACA Committee and approved by the full board.
Village manager Dave Cook said the new extended-hours license would likely be approved for Fullersburg, but the village would "give it a good year or so before we consider any other extended license to make sure this works."
Fuller has not yet applied for a village liquor license, so ACA trustees Kim Angelo Chris Elder, Jerry Hughes and Laura LaPlaca decided it best to hold off on approving the new classification until he does.
"We don’t really need it until they come in, so maybe we should just hold it off until they’re ready to make their application," ACA trustee Laura LaPlaca said.
According to the ordinance drafted for Monday's ACA meeting, an extended-hours license would cost $5,000 to acquire, and $2,500 to renew. That would be up from $4,000 and $2,000, respectively, for a normal-hours license.
Fullersburg, as it has been called in village meetings, is planned for the southernmost portion of Fuller's Home & Hardware that opens onto 1st Street in downtown Hinsdale.
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