Thursday, January 17, 2013
Doylestown Borough Council unanimously granted a liquor license transfer to the new owners of the Doylestown Inn.
The Doylestown Inn is one step closer to a resurrection. Doylestown Borough Council on Thursday night unanimously approved a request to transfer a new liquor license into town, clearing the way for the inn's new owners to bring it back to life. On a vote of 8-0, with one person absent, council members gave the stamp of approval to the new owners' plans to reopen the inn. Realtor Todd McCarty and attorney Ron Isgate and their partners plan to reopen the inn's 11 rooms on the third floor and open a new restaurant on the first floor and a bar in the basement. Council member Joan Doyle said after the hearing at borough hall that she was bowled over by the new owners' attention to detail and vision for the future. "Their presentation was very …
Monday, September 24, 2012
Doylestown Borough Council formally denied a request to transfer a liquor license into town for a private club that would replace the Moose.
The moment came - and went. And with it went the chance for a new club to replace the Moose Lodge on East State Street. Doylestown Borough Council voted on Aug. 20 to deny a request to transfer a new liquor license from Bristol Borough to Doylestown. Matthew Bender wanted to use the new license to open a bar and restaurant in the Moose Lodge building at 127 E. State St. Bender is the son in law of the building's owners, Bob and Mary Ellen Walton. The bar and restaurant would be for the exclusive use of a new private club, The Standard Club, which would replace the Moose Lodge as lease holder of the building. After council verbally denied the transfer request, Doylestown attorney Bill Bolla petitioned borough council to reconsider the …
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Doylestown Borough Council shot down a request to transfer a liquor license from Bristol to Doylestown.
After a lengthy hearing that gave new meaning to the phrase "standing room only," Doylestown council denied an application to transfer a liquor license into town. The nine council members voted unanimously Monday evening to deny the request from Matthew Bender to transfer a "club" liquor license from Sons of Italy in America on Wood Street in Bristol Borough. Bender wanted to transfer the license to 127 E. State St., the current home of the Moose Lodge. Working with the building's owner and Moose member Robert Walton, Bender proposed to create a new private club called the Standard Club. If the transfer had been approved, the existing lease with the Moose Lodge would end, Walton said, and the Standard Club would take over rental of the …
Marcus
1:50 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Wow neighbor...a little negative huh. Here is an idea...let's reserve judgement until the renovations are complete. more ›