http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/LIQUOR News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56287241-79/applicants-club-liquor-permit.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56287241-79/applicants-club-liquor-permit.html.csp">Businesses battle Utah’s liquor license bottleneck</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56287241#2013-05-15T17:59:42.691-06:00/MAI/sltrib56287241#2013-05-15T17:59:42.691-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By dawn house</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Salt Lake Tribune</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-15T17:59:42.691-06:00">Updated May 15, 2013 05:59PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Owners of Utah restaurants, hotels and resorts are pleading with lawmakers to reconsider a decision in 2010 to ignore their own auditor’s recommendation that they create more club liquor licenses, inaction that has resulted in an acute shortage. The businesses’ case is that they are dying economically. In the name of economic development, the Legislature did take the auditor’s advice to free up more restaurant liquor permits to jump-start stalled projects. But for years they’ve frozen the number...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56287241@www.sltrib.com Wed, 15 May 2013 17:59:42 MDT