Three New Beer Permits Issued; Violation Hearing Conducted By Paris ABC Board

By Shannon McFarlin News Director
Paris, Tenn.—The city of Paris Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board Thursday night approved three new beer permits and conducted a violation hearing involving a local restaurant and gas station.
 
New permits were approved for The House, 105 S. Brewer St., Paris; Wing-N-It, 10 Fairgrounds Rd., Paris; and Quik Stop, 1043 B. Tyson Ave.
 
Appearing for The House was Owner Teresa Holtgrewe, who said the restaurant does plan to expand its hours at least on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings with the new beer permit but a firm decision on hours has not yet been made.
 
The Wing-N-It restaurant will open at the former Howling Wolf BBQ location and Owner Norman Feageans said the restaurant will be open six days a week and will primarily be a restaurant, not a bar. “We will just be serving bottled beer,” he said. “We will have big screens and an event area for meetings and parties.”
 
Wing-N-It plans to open near the first of the year.
 
Quik Stop Owner Kalpesh Patel is opening a convenience store/gas station at 1043 B. Tyson Ave. across from Fuel Pro. ABC board members noted that Patel owns other convenience stores and is familiar with the rules governing the sale of alcohol already. Quik Stop also plans to open close to the first of the year.
 
The beer regulation violation hearing involved Trolinger’s at 2305 E. Wood Street and Henry County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Jamie Myrick testified that during a compliance operation, an underage undercover operative was sold a six pack of beer there.
 
Owner Mike Trolinger and the clerk apologized to the board, with both Trolinger and Board President Ricky Searcy noting that this was the first such violation for Trolinger’s.
 
The clerk was emotional in explaining that she mistakenly looked at the wrong date when she carded the operative and that she ran after him after she realized her mistake, catching up to him outside.
 
Myrick agreed with that, noting that, “She just made a mistake. She was all the way outside following him” after she sold the beer.
 
Trolinger told the board, “We’re very strict. This is my first embarrassment in 35 years…This is very embarrassing…I can’t apologize enough for what happened.”
 
The clerk said she already took the employee training offered by the Henry County Prevention Coalition and the ABC board decided that the training was satisfactory consequence for the violation.
Searcy said, “We understand that people make mistakes.”
Photo: The House representatives sit before the ABC board while their beer permit was considered. (Shannon McFarlin photo).