Subject: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission

• Close Up The Still, Clem, They're Comin' After Our Moonshine

  August 25, 2008

• Bar Fight

  Margaret Lindsey has battled bad debt, bad luck and a bunch of men in suits to keep Blondie's open - right in the middle of downtown La Porte

  December 9, 1999

• Political Communion

  Did Annunciation use its connections to knock the head off Little Woodrow's beer permit?

  October 12, 2000

• The Anti-Clapton

  Rocky Hill hopes to find a smooth patch on his rocky road

  July 11, 2002

• On Their Backs

  Sugar Land spreads its legs

  June 9, 2005

• Restaurant War, Part 2

  June 30, 1994

• Mr. S.O.B.

  October 24, 1996

• Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

  January 1, 1998

• City Says Smoking Ban Has Had No Impact On Bars

  Photo by porcelaingirlTwo years ago, Houston City Council approved a smoking ban for local bars. This week, it was announced that the city had spent $12,000 to measure the impact of the ban.Their conclusion? It had no impact on bar sales whatsoever. "It's reassuring that we did the right thing. We protected workers who often don't have a say in where they can work," Mayor Bill White told KHOU.Carolyn Wenglar, owner of venerable downtown bars La Carafe and Warren's, begs to differ."It hasn'

  February 26, 2009

• Clubland

  September 17, 1998

• Partners for Pay

  October 22, 1998

• Under Siege

  November 12, 1998

• Out in the Street

  February 10, 2000

• On the edge in Edge City

  December 30, 1993

• More Payne for the IRS

  Prolonged agency abuses bring a Houston attorney $1.5 million

  March 25, 1999

• Pam Robinson Fights Back

  May 8, 2008

• Beer and Porn

  August 3, 2006

• Don't Mess with Pittsburgh

  The Nightfly's token PA-to-Houston transplant whoops it up on Super Bowl Sunday

  February 16, 2006

• Take My Wife, Please

  TABC nabs a sheriff's spouse in a sting

  July 7, 2005

• Poured Out

  With archaic and self-serving laws, reforms don't come easy for the Texas booze industry

  April 7, 2005

• Houston Hold 'Em

  There are plenty of opportunities for poker here, legal and otherwise

  March 3, 2005

• Letters

  January 1, 2004

• Onion Tears

  The gentrifying Heights can pit residents and businesses against each other

  May 15, 2003

• Zipping Up Mary's

  A local landmark for gay sex and social activism closes after 32 years

  December 26, 2002

• Facing the Music

  Loft and condo dwellers are finding it difficult to coexist with the pounding beats coming out of clubs in Houston's revitalized downtown scene

  June 20, 2002

• A Restaurant Maxim

  Liquor and Lakewood don't mix

  May 16, 2002

• Getting Stomped

  August 30, 2001

• Murphy's Law

  Gentrification threatens to turn out the lights at popular upper Shepherd nightspots

  August 3, 2000

• Wong's War on a Reggae Club

  Are the problems traffic and parking, or just the color of the customers?

  March 18, 1999

• Seeing The Astros Without Getting Drunk? Umpossible! But Now, Possible

  Photo by Michael (mx5tx)Hey Astros fans. Are you tired of the exorbitant prices you have to pay for booze at Astros games? Well, I've got good news. And I've got bad news.The good news is that the prices might be getting a lot damn cheaper real soon. The bad news is that the reason is that alcohol might no longer be served in the stadium. Oh, it's not because Drayton McLane is going all Christian and declaring alcohol to be one of the world's great sins, so he's now refusing to sell it. Th

  June 12, 2009

• How To Celebrate Gay Pride Day In Fort Worth: Bust Some Heads

  How did cops in Fort Worth celebrate the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, that epic day when gays fought back against cops harassing them in a bar? By harassing gays in a bar. Allegedly.Protests have sprung up in Cowtown over events at the Rainbow Lounge Sunday night.The Dallas Voice reports: Sources have said that seven people were arrested in the raid although witnesses at the scene said many more people were handcuffed with zip ties and taken out of the bar. One man, identified by his sister as

  June 30, 2009

• Gay Panic in Cowtown

  August 20, 2009

• Club Dead

  October 1, 2009

• The Tug of War

  November 19, 2009

• Houston Dance Club Rich's Shut Down for Apparent Nonpayment of Taxes; Liquor License Suspended; May Reopen Tomorrow

  Update: According to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission's Web site, Rich's - listed as owned by MZM Nightlife, Inc. - has had its liquor license suspended. The license was scheduled to expire on November 29. Son LamDancers enjoying Halloween at Rich's​Rocks Off received an email this morning that longstanding Houston dance club Rich's had been shut down. So far all the information we have been able to gather has come from social networking sites. The incident appears to have happened Satu

  November 18, 2009

• Rich's Closed Over Tax Dispute, Possibly Only For A Short While

  Son LamDancers enjoying Halloween at Rich's​Hair Balls received an email this morning that longstanding Houston dance club Rich's had been shut down. So far all the information we have been able to gather has come from social-networking sites. The incident appears to have happened Saturday night between 12:30 and 1 a.m., as tweeted by @djebonix and @EATitORstarve. @keithdavisjr, who got there after Chris Brown's concert Saturday to find it shut down, and several others tweeted the reason was

  November 18, 2009