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<br />[ ~ A E G. R Ed <br />&--, <br />.B~N,,?~<?N <br /> <br />UNITED STATES I ENGLAND i GEIUVIANY ! CHINA <br /> <br />WALTER H. ROCKENSTE1N lJ <br />ww~kclJs(cin@r:1\':gre.com <br />(612) 766-7208 <br /> <br />November 29,2006 <br /> <br />Scott T. Anderson, Esq. <br />Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, P.A <br />3001 U.S. Trust Building <br />730 Second Avenue South <br />Minneapolis, MN 55402 <br /> <br />BY ,E-MAIL <br />AND U.S. MAIL <br /> <br />Re: Old Chicago / City of Roseville Liquor Code Violation Hearing <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Anderson <br /> <br />We represent Wadsw01ih Old Chicago, Inc., tbe liquor license holder for the <br />Old Chicago Restaurant at 2100 Snelling Avenue NOlih in Roseville, Minnesota, and its <br />parent eorporation, Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc. We have reviewed your November 2nd <br />letter to Douglas L. Christman, Vice President/General Counsel of Rock Bottom Restaurants, <br />Inc. and the attachcd Notice And Order For Hearing, both in response to my Mr. <br />Christman's request for a hearing on a past liquor code violation at the Old Chicago <br />Restaurant. <br /> <br />Before both sides go to the expense of preparing for the December] I'll hearing <br />(which will probably be between $4,000 and $8,000 apiece), my client respectfully makes <br />the following settlement offer for consideration by the Roseville City Council. Currently, the <br />proposed penalty is no sale of liquor at the Old Chicago Restaurant on a weekend day. We <br />propose instead that there be no liquor sales on a Monday. <br /> <br />To understand the practical effect of this offer, you should know that my client <br />will close the entire restaurant on either day because it simply is not practical to serve food <br />and not serve liquor. Closing on a Monday will cause the loss of about $3,000 in liquor <br />revenue. Closing on a Friday or Saturday will cause the loss 01'$9,000 to $12,000 in liquor <br />revenue. I submit that the Monday closing is a significant penalty for the violation. <br /> <br />I offer the following additional facts for consideration by the City Council. <br />Staff at the Old Chicago Restaurant must now attend City-approved liquor service training in <br />addition to the considerable training required by the Wadsworth Old Chicago, Inc. And <br />Wadsworth Old Chicago, Inc. has and continues to run its own internal "stings" to maximize <br />compliance with the prohibition on sales to minors. <br /> <br />2200 \\'E1-1..5 FARGO CENTER! 90 SOUTH SEVENTH STRl~ET t MINNEAPOLIS M1NNESOTA ),~402-3901 <br />TILEPHON~ 612-766-70QO I FACS!!'\.HLE 611-766-16(){) I \VWW.Fi\EGHE.COM <br />