Restaurant owner notified of denied license through local publication, waiting for official City notification.
UPDATE (June 11, 2013): Kirkwood Bar and Grill has ‘officially’ closed
After its temporary liquor license was put in front of the city’s License Review Board in December, Kirkwood Bar and Grill will not be granted a liquor license in 2012, East Atlanta Patch first reported.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed denied the controversial Kirkwood restaurant’s liquor license application after “carefully considering neighborhood concerns that have been brought to him,” Sonji Jacobs Dade, Reed’s spokeswoman told East Atlanta Patch.
David Johnson, owner of the restaurant at 1963 Hosea Williams Dr. SE, was first made aware of the Mayor’s decision when he was contacted by Patch for an interview.
Johnson argued that complaints from the neighborhood of him violating city codes governing his temporary liquor license were made only because he is black and that racists have been trying to run him out of Kirkwood.
Tweets were sent from Kirkwood Bar & Grill’s Twitter account touting the complaining neighbors as racists.
Johnson was not immediately available for comment.
East Atlanta Patch has more details here.
