Comments on: Whole Foods: You May Sell Single Beers! http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/ <em>City Paper</em> Writers on News, Politics, the Media, the Arts, and More Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:49:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jay http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-73787 Jay Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:49:14 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-73787 Call it yuppie favoritism, I call it alley pisser negativism, and I'm damned glad with the regulatory dichotomy in this instance. We all know who buys singles at Barrel House (street drunks and alley pissers) and we all know who buys singles at Whole Foods (belgian beer bottle yuppies and hipsters). News flash: the regs can be changed when there is an obvious problems with how patrons are behaving on booze from that establishment. Conversely, establishments can be given greater slack when they have a complete absence of such problems. Pretty logical. Call it yuppie favoritism, I call it alley pisser negativism, and I’m damned glad with the regulatory dichotomy in this instance. We all know who buys singles at Barrel House (street drunks and alley pissers) and we all know who buys singles at Whole Foods (belgian beer bottle yuppies and hipsters).

News flash: the regs can be changed when there is an obvious problems with how patrons are behaving on booze from that establishment. Conversely, establishments can be given greater slack when they have a complete absence of such problems.

Pretty logical.

]]> By: Grimlock http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-71715 Grimlock Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:37:36 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-71715 Heineken? (dog piss) Heineken? (dog piss)

]]> By: IMGoph http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-71714 IMGoph Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:36:33 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-71714 wow TMS, thanks for that wonderful insight. care to back it up with some reasoning, or are you just going to give us snippets of how your beautiful mind works? wow TMS, thanks for that wonderful insight. care to back it up with some reasoning, or are you just going to give us snippets of how your beautiful mind works?

]]> By: TMS http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-71340 TMS Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:29:54 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-71340 The ANC system should be eliminated. Plain and simple. The ANC system should be eliminated. Plain and simple.

]]> By: Chris http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-70852 Chris Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:45:28 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-70852 Well, it's not like this is the first time Erik Wemple has been a little casual about the facts on the issue of singles sales. And it's not like it's a real paper, after all. Well, it’s not like this is the first time Erik Wemple has been a little casual about the facts on the issue of singles sales. And it’s not like it’s a real paper, after all.

]]> By: IMGoph http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-70536 IMGoph Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:24:04 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-70536 brian, don't let the city paper fluster you too much. they're editorial policy is to try to inflame. wemple and cherkis like to throw molotov cocktails through a different window every week. we're both just giving them the attention they crave by posting comments here. brian, don’t let the city paper fluster you too much. they’re editorial policy is to try to inflame. wemple and cherkis like to throw molotov cocktails through a different window every week. we’re both just giving them the attention they crave by posting comments here.

]]> By: Brian Vargas http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-70359 Brian Vargas Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:50:28 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/11/27/whole-foods-you-may-sell-single-beers/#comment-70359 You're totally misrepresenting what's going on here. I was at those meetings, and the Whole Foods Voluntary Agreement was indeed amended to lower the ban from 40 ounces to 16 ounces, but contrary to your needlessly inflammatory post, it wasn't at the behest of some yuppie conspiracy. The change brought Whole Foods' Voluntary Agreement into compliance with the existing ANC2F policies on these things. http://www.anc2f.org/abc-guidelines.pdf I don't know the details of Barrel House's agreement, but if they are really outside the scope of the policies, then I can't imagine that the ANC wouldn't allow an amendment to bring it in line with their policies. Sheesh! You’re totally misrepresenting what’s going on here. I was at those meetings, and the Whole Foods Voluntary Agreement was indeed amended to lower the ban from 40 ounces to 16 ounces, but contrary to your needlessly inflammatory post, it wasn’t at the behest of some yuppie conspiracy. The change brought Whole Foods’ Voluntary Agreement into compliance with the existing ANC2F policies on these things.

http://www.anc2f.org/abc-guidelines.pdf

I don’t know the details of Barrel House’s agreement, but if they are really outside the scope of the policies, then I can’t imagine that the ANC wouldn’t allow an amendment to bring it in line with their policies.

Sheesh!

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