[ Agenda for the Meeting of Brentwood Beer Board Monday, August 10, 2026 - 6:45 pm Brentwood City Hall]
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ALRIGHT, WE'RE CALLING TO ORDER, UH, THIS MEETING OF THE BRENTWOOD BEER BOARD FOR, UH, AUGUST 10TH.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT TODAY.
SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THOSE? MOVE TO APPROVE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, PASS UNANIM WITH ONE ABSTENTION.
SO NOW WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED DURING THE DESIGNATED TIME ON THIS OR THIS TIME OF THE AGENDA.
UPON BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, ANY PERSON WISHING TO SPEAK SHALL STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS THE BOARD.
DO I DO NOT HAVE TO SIGN IN TO SPEAK? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO COME AND, UH, REGA US WITH A TAIL? ANYBODY? THIS IS, UH OH.
SO THAT WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE HAVE A REQUEST OF ED LEE'S BAR, UH, BRENTWOOD, LLC FOR AN ON AND OFF PREMISES BEER PERMIT FOR ED LEE'S BARBECUE.
THREE 30 FRANKLIN ROAD NUMBER 400 E AS A NEW BUSINESS.
SO, UH, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE FROM ED LEYS? YES, SIR.
ALRIGHT, WELL COME TELL US WHO YOU ARE, YOU'RE DRESSED AND, UH, TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.
I'LL, I'LL BE THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THAT LOCATION.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO COME INTO BRENTWOOD.
UH, I CURRENTLY OVERSEE THE, THE LEYS AT THE FACTORY IN FRANKLIN.
UM, AND YEAH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO, TO OPEN, I'VE NEVER, UH, BEEN INVOLVED IN ONE OF THESE BEFORE, SO YOU'RE GONNA GONNA HAVE TO GUIDE ME AND, UH, TELL ME WHAT, WHAT YOU EXPECT OF ME, BUT SURE.
WELL, THE FIRST QUESTION THAT CAME UP FROM A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS WAS WHETHER OR NOT, SO YOU CHECKED THE BOX FOR ON PREMISES AND OFF PREMISES BOTH, AND WE JUST WEREN'T SURE, UM, HOW THE OFF-PREMISES WORKED, IF THAT'S LIKE OUTDOOR SEATING OR IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON GIVING PEOPLE CLOSED BEERS TO TAKE HOME AND PUT IN THE FRIDGE OR FOR, SO THE OFF THE OFF-PREMISES IS NEWS TO ME.
UH, WE WON'T HAVE A PATIO, SO I DON'T, UM, I KNOW THAT THE ONE AT THE FACTORY, WE DO HAVE OFF-PREMISES, UH, LICENSE BECAUSE, UH, PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO WALK AROUND THE FACTORY MM-HMM
UH, BUT I DON'T FORESEE THAT HAPPENING, UH, AT THE BRENTWOOD LOCATION.
UH, I SAT IN WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PLANTER AND, AND OVERSAW ALL OF THE, UH, BLUEPRINTS AND PLANS FOR IT, SO, OKAY.
I'M NOT SURE WHO, SO I'M GONNA TURN TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND ASK YOU HOW WE, UH, PROCEED.
SO WHEN THE MOTION IS MADE, I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE WHOEVER MAKES IT, IF THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S JUST FOR ON-PREMISES ONLY.
AND THEN IF AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE YOU GUYS CHANGE YOUR BUSINESS MODEL, THEN YOU CAN COME IN AND REQUEST AN OFF-PREMISES.
SO I'M GLAD WE CLEARED THAT UP FRONT.
BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING INTO THE Q AND A, UH, PORTION OF IT.
SO THAT MIGHT CLEAR UP QUITE A FEW OF THE, UH, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
SO, UM, I GUESS WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? UM, YOUR LOCATION IN FRANKLIN HAS A FULL BAR.
WILL THIS LOCATION HAVE A FULL BAR AS WELL? NO, SIR.
NO, WE, WE WILL HAVE, UH, WE'LL HAVE BEER AND WINE AND, AND ALCOHOL, UH, FOR SALE, BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE A FULL BAR.
AND, UM, WILL IT BE, UM, AS IT IS IN FRANKLIN WHERE YOU WALK UP AND YOU ORDER AND THEN THEY BRING IT TO YOUR TABLE, BUT IF YOU WANT A BEVERAGE, YOU GO OVER TO THE BAR AND ORDER, YOU'LL HAVE THAT TYPE OF SETUP? OR WILL PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO GET BOTTLES OR CANS AS THEY COME THROUGH? UH, GOOD QUESTION.
UM, SO AS PEOPLE, UH, COME THROUGH THE LINE TO ORDER IT IS STILL GONNA BE THE SAME STYLE OF RESTAURANT.
SO FAST CASUAL PEOPLE ORDER AT THE COUNTER, UH, THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN ORDER THEIR BEVERAGE AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE A BUSH WHACKER MACHINE, WHICH THEY HAVEN'T HAD A BUSH WHACKER BEFORE.
IT'S LIKE AN ICE CREAM WITH, UH, A LITTLE RUM IN THERE.
UM, AND SO WE'LL HAVE THAT AVAILABLE THERE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE BEER AND WINE AND EVERYTHING AVAILABLE TO SELL RIGHT THERE AT THE COUNTER.
UH, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYBODY, UH, A, B, C CERTIFIED.
ANYBODY THAT'S GONNA BE OPERATING THAT CASHIER, WE WILL BE A B, C CERTIFIED.
AND I'LL BE PERSONALLY MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S TRAINED ON HOW TO, UM, ENSURE THAT WE'RE SELLING ALCOHOL APPROPRIATELY.
YOUR POS HAVE A DATE ON IT WHERE THEY SEE THE LICENSE, THEY PUT THE DATE IN TO DOUBLE CHECK? NOT CURRENTLY, NO.
NO, BUT WE DO HAVE, EXCUSE ME.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, SIGNS THAT WE, UH, HAVE AND THEN WE CHANGE THE DATE EVERY DAY.
UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW THEY'RE AWARE, UH, OF WHEN THAT PERSON WOULD BE 21, WHAT DATE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE REASON I ASK IS WE HAD A SERVER HERE IN BRENTWOOD, IT WAS PROBABLY ONLY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO THAT CONFUSED THE DATE.
AND THEY STILL WERE FINED AND, AND THE SERVER'S THE ONE THAT'S CHARGED.
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YES.I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN RESTAURANTS FOR 32 YEARS MM-HMM
I'VE BEEN OUR OPERATOR FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M AWARE AND IT'S A VERY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
UH, I WANNA PROTECT NOT ONLY THE BRAND, BUT I WANNA PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, I HAVE CHILDREN, SO I WOULD HATE FOR MY KIDS TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND, AND BUY ALCOHOL.
UM, AND SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I JUST ASK THAT BECAUSE I'M IN A BUSINESS WHERE THINGS GET MOVING REALLY FAST YES.
AND I THINK IT'S VERY HANDY FOR THE SERVER TO JUST BE ABLE TO LOOK DOWN AND GO, OH, OKAY.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF OUR, UH, POS SYSTEM HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION.
I'VE NEVER SEEN A POS THAT HAD THAT.
HOWEVER, I'LL BRING IT UP TO, UH, SARAH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE HAD, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH RESTAURANT, AND THEY HAD THAT SET UP TO WHERE WHEN THEY LOOK AT YOUR LICENSE, THEY JUST PUT YOUR BIRTH DATE IN AND WHEN THEY PUT IT IN, IT TELLS IT WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD.
AND SO THAT TAKES ALL THE PRESSURE OFF THE SERVER, YOU KNOW.
I REMEMBERED AT ONE MEETING WHEN KROGER'S WAS GETTING A LICENSE.
THEY HAVE THAT, I THINK THAT SAME SYSTEM TOO.
I WAS THINK BEEN CHILI'S AFTER THEIR SECOND OR THIRD FINE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN IT, IT, BUT IT WAS, IT MAY HAVE BEEN THEM, BUT THERE IT WAS, IT WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS MORE OF A LOCAL, AS Y'ALL ARE.
IT WASN'T A HUGE NATIONAL CONCERN.
AND, AND I THOUGHT, OOH, THAT'S NICE, BECAUSE THAT JUST TAKES ALL THE PRESSURE.
I SURE I'LL, I'LL TALK TO SIERRA ABOUT IT AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK ON OUR SYSTEMS. SURE.
JUST A QUESTION ON THE BUSHWHACKER MACHINE.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE? UH, WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
YEAH, THEY MAY HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE, JUST NOT A BAR.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SERVING AT THE TABLES.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY, THEY SIGNED UP FOR.
THEY SENT ME AS A REPRESENTATIVE, SO, UM, I ONLY KNOW WHAT I KNOW SO.
WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY.
WHEN DO YOU, WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO OPEN? UH, DECEMBER 15TH.
GOSH, THAT'S A, A LONG TIME, BUT YOU'RE ONE OF THE FIRST TO GET A BEER PERMIT THAT EARLY.
MOST PEOPLE WAIT TILL FIVE DAYS BEFORE THEY'RE OPENING OR SOMETHING AND THEY COME IN.
I THOUGHT THAT'S PRETTY QUICK IF YOU'RE OPENING SOON, SO YEAH.
WE'RE WE'RE, WE WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL OUR DUCKS IN A ROW SO THAT, UH, EVERYTHING CAN GO REAL SMOOTH FOR OPENING AND, AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY HICCUPS.
WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THESE DEALS THAT INQUIRING MINES WANT TO KNOW.
BECAUSE I RIDE BY THE, I ATE THERE ONE DAY AND IT WAS MCALLISTER'S.
I RODE BY THE NEXT DAY, THE SIGN WAS GONE.
I THOUGHT,
YOU WONDER SOMETIMES HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE STORY THERE? SO, YEAH.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT I, I AM GLAD THAT YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US AND HOPEFULLY OH YEAH.
WILL Y'ALL SERVE BREAKFAST LIKE OVER AT BERRY FARMS OR, UH, NO.
UH, WE, I'M SURE IT WILL COME ABOUT AT SOME POINT.
UM, BARRY FARMS AND UM, UH, DONALDSON ARE THE ONLY LOCATIONS THAT DO THAT CURRENTLY.
UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOBBY FOR IT AT THE FACTORY TOO, SO WE NEED, BUT THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.
MORE B GREAT BREAKFAST SOCCER.
WE DO BREAKFAST CATERING THOUGH.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER WANT BREAKFAST CATERED FOR Y'ALL.
I KNOW THIS ISN'T A SALES PITCH, BUT I CAN'T HELP IT.
I MOTION, I'LL MOVE MY MOTION.
TO, UH, MAKE IT ON, ON ONSITE PREMISE BEER PERMIT APPROVAL.
SO A MOTION AND IS THAT PROPER THING? SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO, UH, APPROVE AN ONSITE PERMIT.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? YOU HAVE A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND THEN MR. MAYOR, IF YOU HAVE THE FORM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST MOVING TURNS OUT IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS OUTCOME, IT THOUGHT YOU MIGHT FILLED OUT FOR ONSITE PERMIT.
IS IT ALL, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE FROM ME? NO.
OF THE BEER OR THE BARBECUE? GOD BLESS Y'ALL.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS IN FRONT OF THE BEER BOARD? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ADJOURN.