The city’s board passed an ordinance governing package liquor stores late last year after White House residents voted in November to pass a referendum allowing the stores by a vote of 676 to 358. Uptown ranked first and J&L Liquors ranked second, city leaders said. During the study session, the aldermen ranked the stores and chose a top two based on those rankings. The board held a study session in February to allow all of the applicants to present their ideas and plans for the proposed stores. Smith and the Raglands’ companies were joined by two other applicants seeking to open liquor stores in the city earlier this year. They’ve already expressed an interest in many different community activities.” “It’s a family partnership so they have family values and are committed in the community. “We’re excited to be able to offer it, that way our residents don’t have to drive out of the city in order to purchase that,” she said. White House Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Mandy Christenson said Thursday that she had been hearing lots of positive feedback from community members as well. He took over operations there three years ago after his grandfather’s death, he said.ĭespite the setbacks with the White House opening, Smith said last week that so far he and his staff had gotten 100 percent positive feedback. “It was a very intense six months trying to get through that, but we’re glad we stuck it out,” Smith said Friday.Ī Goodlettsville businessman, Smith operates 31W Liquors, Inc., a business his grandfather started in 1967. “I note that many folks will never realize the many months of preparation and bureaucratic obstacles that went into opening these two stores,” Herman said last week during the city’s regular board of mayor and aldermen meeting.īefore they could move forward in the opening process, the business owners were required to go through a lengthy application process with the State of Tennessee. He added that the Raglands hope to have their business, to be housed in a 3,000 square-foot, free-standing facility, open to the public by Thanksgiving. J&L Liquors, owned by Joe and Michael Ragland, is currently under construction at 322 Hester Drive between Taco Bell and KFC, according to White House City Administrator Gerald Herman. The city’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously approved licenses for Uptown Wine and Spirits and a second package liquor store, to be named J&L Liquors, in March. We were trying to be open by July or August, but the process has changed since the last time I filled out the paperwork,” Smith said Friday. “A lot of people don’t know we’re open yet, just because of the delay in our initial opening. 3, but officials held the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the business on Thursday as a way to jump start a grand opening celebration that was scheduled to last through the weekend. Owned by Dustin Smith and Michael Brown, Uptown Wine and Spirits opened in White House on Sept.
The car, which caused extensive damage to the store, was eventually towed out of the building.White House leaders attended grand opening festivities last week for the city’s first package liquor store, housed at the Kroger Shopping Complex next to Little Caesar's Pizza. “I have no idea what he was doing,” Fregoso said.
He said he watched the man come out and sit outside the store for a while, too. Ivan Fregoso was pumping gas at a nearby station when he saw the suspect drive around the parking lot, screeching his tires, before slamming into the store. We were afraid, to be honest,” Singh said at the scene. He managed to get out of the store, however, and call police. He thought the crash was an accident before the man came out of the car and pointed a gun at him and the customers. Manpreet Singh, who has managed the liquor store since 2015, said he was getting ready to close when the crash occurred. He was booked on suspicion of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and felony vandalism. The unidentified suspect did not get any cash or items from the victims during the attempted robbery, and a gun was recovered at the scene, police said. He was caught by responding officers, police said. The victims refused to hand over their money and the suspect eventually ran away. The man drove his car inside the store, got out and started demanding money from the store clerk and patrons while waving a gun, Anaheim police confirmed to KTLA. at the House of Spirits liquor store located at 3454 W. An armed man crashed his car into an Anaheim liquor store and subsequently tried to rob the clerk and patrons late Wednesday, police said.
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