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New wine lounge hits a bump in the road
The “Grapes — a Wine Lounge” that we told you about Thursday (and in this morning’s Dayton Daily News Life section) has encountered a bit of a snag.
The lounge had opened inside the Centerville Pub at 68 West Franklin St., in a loft area that previously was used mostly for storage. But Centerville city officials apparently noted that the building’s occupancy paperwork did not call for that portion of the building to be used to seat customers, so the wine lounge can’t seat guests there until the occupancy paperwork issue is resolved, Grapes co-manager Gayle Burtt said this afternoon, Oct. 16.
In the meantime, however, the sports bar will set aside some tables and will still serve the wines and appetizers that are on the wine lounge’s menu, and customers can peek into what will, hopefully soon, become the Grapes wine lounge, Burtt said.
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By Kern
October 20, 2009 11:39 PM | Link to this
I visited the grapes and wine this past weekend and I must say the place is I can’t wait for the place to be fully open for business. I don’t care about the politics of centerville and all that but I really enjoyed my evening and look forward to the atmosphere of the full offering. I did get to tour the lounge area and I was impressed and it was exactly what I was interested in finding in centerville. Kudos and hope the business is good enough to continue, I will be visiting soon. thanks for the great service.
By chiefwino
October 19, 2009 3:36 PM | Link to this
They better check with the state liquor board to ensure the license covers both floors of the building. There have been other cases where the license description did not match the actual space and things got shut down.
By nitsa
October 19, 2009 10:20 AM | Link to this
Not surprised. Leave it to Centerville, Sunshine is right
By freeyourmind
October 18, 2009 7:51 PM | Link to this
oh boy just what we need more places to get drunk and forget about this bankrupt town we live in. well at least we will know where to find our city officials.
By chris
October 17, 2009 2:18 PM | Link to this
it’s a bunch of baloney. The building has had the proper paperwork filed since 1970. The city didn’t start keeping records until after that so they are making them jump through some extra hoops. They did the same to me being in an historic building! Hang in there Gayle and Mark!
By Pharrell
October 17, 2009 12:12 AM | Link to this
They didn’t get this cleared with the city beforehand? Did they go to the Duke’s school of restaurant and bar mangement?
By mdizzie
October 16, 2009 10:48 PM | Link to this
This coming from an Interior Design Student, that BS, me want a drinky STAT. YOU should already know what the occupation limit is, its just the guys fault at the paper work office. Gesh.
By sunshine
October 16, 2009 10:21 PM | Link to this
Gee, Centerville showed them….the City officals must not like the owner….if this was owned by a member of the board they’d be good to go….this is doggy do do
By jon
October 16, 2009 5:24 PM | Link to this
They should of picked a more original name. There are already two Grapes Wine and Beer Drive-Thru’s( Bigger and Alex-Bell).
By glus
October 16, 2009 5:16 PM | Link to this
what a croc of doggy do do.