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Here’s a round up of recent Alcohol Law Enforcement actions in Asheville, taken from January and February 2017 meeting reports. ALE is the enforcement arms of the North Carolina ABC Commission, which oversees alcohol sales in the Tar Heel state.

Here’s the list of ABC Commission actions at its Jan. 11, 2017, meeting in Raleigh:

-Athenas, LLC
T/A Athenas
14 College Street
Asheville, NC 28801
00170907AJ-999
AJ AL AZ
ALE District VIII
Offer in Compromise – 10-day suspension, suspended upon payment of $1,000.00 on charge of
allowing persons who are not a member or guest of a member to purchase alcoholic beverages on
the premises.

-Bywater, LLC
T/A Bywater
796 Riverside Drive
Asheville, NC 28801
00182778AJ-999
AJ AL AZ
ALE District VIII
Offer in Compromise – 10-day suspension, suspended upon payment of $1,000.00 on charge of
missing tax stamps.

-David Lane Farler
Skyland Distributing Company, Inc.
T/A Skyland Distributing Company
1 Overland Industrial Blvd.
Asheville, NC 28806
00214249WS-999
BA
ALE District VIII
Offer in Compromise – Five-day suspension, suspended upon payment of $500.00 on charge of a
wine wholesaler selling unfortified wine or fortified wine to a person who did not hold a retail or
wholesale unfortified or fortified wine permit.

-Wallace Robinson, LLC
T/A Admiral
400 Haywood Road
Asheville, NC 28806
00157915AJ-999
AJ AL AY
ALE District VIII
Offer in Compromise – 45-day suspension, suspended upon payment of $4,500.00 on charges of
(1) failing to have food available at all times that alcoholic beverages are being served, (2) selling
alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2:00 AM and 7:00 AM on the licensed premises, (3)
performing services while or after consuming alcoholic beverages (two counts), (4) failing to
superintend, (5) allowing consumption of alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2:30 AM and
7:00 AM on the licensed premises and (6) possessing a controlled substance or other illegal drug
in violation of Chapter 90 of the North Carolina General Statutes on the licensed premises.

Here are actions in Western North Carolina:

-New Day Ten, LLC
T/A Spoon
118 Oak Avenue
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
00171948AJ-998
AJ AN AL AY
Audit Division
Offer in Compromise – Four-day suspension, suspended upon payment of $400.00 on charge of
owning more than one licensed retail establishment and transferring alcoholic beverages between
establishments without getting prior approval in writing from the ABC Commission.

-Monroe Wilson Post 88, Inc.
T/A American Legion
55 East Jordan Street
Brevard, NC 28712
59665A-999
AJ AL AR AZ
ALE District VIII
Offer in Compromise – 12-day suspension, suspended upon payment of $1,200.00 on charges of
knowingly possessing gambling equipment on the licensed premises and participating in or
allowing the operation of a game of chance where money, property, or other thing of value was bet.

-Shubha Laxmi, LLC
T/A B J’s Quick Stop
1755 East Main Street
Bryson City, NC 28713
00232773AK-999
AK AO AM
ALE District VIII
Offer in Compromise – 20-day suspension, suspended upon payment of $2,000.00 on charge of
selling to an underage person.

Here’s the list of ABC Commission actions at its Feb. 8, 2017, meeting in Raleigh:

-Fidalgo, LLC
T/A Black Mountain Ale House
117-C Cherry Street
Black Mountain, NC 28711
00186306AJ-999
AJ AL AY
Audit Division
Offer in Compromise – Three-day suspension, suspended upon payment of $300.00 on charge of
failure to file quarterly financial reports.

-Korean House 122, LLC
T/A Korean House
122 College Street
Asheville, NC 28801
00214999AJ-999
AJ AN AL AY
ALE District VIII
Offer in Compromise – 32-day suspension with the last 29 days suspended upon payment of
$3,500.00 on charges of (1) refilling spirituous liquor containers having a mixed beverage tax stamp
with other alcoholic beverages or added to the contents of such containers from other alcoholic
beverages, (2) failure to clear tables/counters, (3) missing tax stamps and (4) possessing or
knowingly allow the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages, the possession of which is
not authorized by the ABC laws or by the permits issued to that permittee on the licensed premises.

-Asheville Yacht Club, LLC
T/A Asheville Yacht Club
87 Patton Avenue Unit 187
Asheville, NC 28801
00158231AJ-999
AJ AN AL AZ
ALE District VIII
Offer in Compromise – 10-day suspension, suspended upon payment of $1,000.00 on charge of
allowing persons who were not members or guests of a member to use the private club’s facility.

Phoenix Rising Lounge, LLC
T/A Phoenix Lounge
14 South Gaston Street
Brevard, NC 28712
00200313AJ-999
AJ AL AY BX
ALE District VIII
Offer in Compromise – Four-day suspension

And from the Western North Carolina region:

-Nantahla Brewing Company, Inc.
T/A Nantahla Brewing Company
61 Depot Street
Bryson City, NC 28713
00185746AJ-999
AJ AZ
ALE District VIII
Offer in Compromise – Cancel Mixed Beverages Private Club permit on charge of failure to
maintain a current alphabetical roster of all members and their complete addresses on the premises.

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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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  1. martha March 7, 2017

    I just want to note that I was told by Admiral management,that there have been no actions against their establishment-FYI.

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