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Area towns far friendlier to liquor sales than they used to be
When Mahomet annexed the land Fred Barbadillo's bar was on in 2017, the village faced a minor dilemma.
It had a Class A license for bars, but the limit was set at zero.
Mahomet ceased being a dry town in 2007, and "we went into it more cautiously. We didn't want a bunch of bars," Village Administrator Patrick Brown said.
So the village raised the limit to one and eliminated the requirement that Class A establishments bring in at least 25 percent of their revenue from food sales.
Read more: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-05-19/area-towns-far-friendlier-liquor-sales-they-used-be.html
(Champaign News-Gazette)