Jan. 23—A small gasoline station/handy mart in Prairie Creek will quickly be capable to promote beer.
The Vigo County Alcoholic Beverage Board on Monday accepted a beer license for Prairie Creek Meals Mart Inc., at 15817 S. Indiana 63. There may be curiosity within the location promoting beer, as greater than 200 individuals signed a petition in favor of the enterprise promoting alcohol.
Proprietor Amandeep Singh advised the board he owns different comparable companies in Indiana. They embody Morocco Meals Mart with a beer and wine allow (Morocco, Indiana); Marion Petroleum Inc. (Marion), beer and wine allow; and Mexico Petroleum Inc. (Mexico, Indiana) beer and wine allow.
“We purchased the shop in September and added a Noble Roman pizza. There isn’t a beer or wine for miles there, so a variety of locals have been saying they needed to go like 15 miles” to get beer, Singh mentioned after the assembly.
The board additionally accepted a number of alcoholic beverage license renewals. These have been:
Apple Central Inc., doing enterprise as Applebee’s, 2506 S. Third St. (beer, wine, liquor); Los Primos Inc. doing enterprise as Taco Tequila’s, 423 Wabash Ave. (beer, wine, liquor); Mi Pueblo III/Mexican Restaurant Inc., doing enterprise as Actual Hacienda, 2750 S. Third St. (beer, wine, liquor); Murdock Auto Racing Membership Inc., 1640 Maple Ave. (beer, wine); Rod & Gun Steakhouse Inc. doing enterprise as Rod & Gun Membership, 2525 E. Lambert St., Rosedale (beer, wine, liquor).
T’s Lounge Inc., 1612 S. seventh St. (beer, wine, liquor): Walgreen Co., doing enterprise as Walgreens Retailer No. 07443, at 3603 S. U.S. 41 (beer, wine, liquor); Warehouse LLC, doing enterprise as The Verve, 677 Wabash Ave. (beer, wine, liquor); Zorah Tempple AAONMS, doing enterprise as Zorah Shrine Temple, 420 N. seventh St. and 4500 E. Temple Ave. (beer, wine, liquor).
The Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Fee will vote Feb. 7 on ultimate approval of the permits.
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