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Dirty Goose had five cookies on its menu last week, but the Alcohol Beverage Regulation Administration investigator who visited the establishment didn’t have a sweet tooth. Following a Nov. 27 inspection, ABRA fined the gay bar on U Street NW $1,000 for violating one of the city’s most peculiar policies. Businesses holding alcohol licenses must “offer a food menu at all times containing at least three prepared food items” in order to seat customers during the phased reopening process in D.C.
Co-owner Justin Parker says employees have pitched in to bake everything from macadamia nut to chocolate chunk cookies in an oversized toaster oven since they reopened. One of the requirements is the food offerings can’t be pre-packaged. Fresh baked cookies are an odd match for the martinis the bar is known for, but the pandemic has been a series of make-it-work moments. “They are fantastic,” Parker says. Each table is only required to purchase one food item, but the cookies are so popular people are buying them by the dozen. “At this point we’ve done over 6,000,” he says.
Parker says ABRA began inspecting the bar he co-owns with his husband heavily in June, once D.C. entered Phase 2 of reopening. He takes no issue with the fact that they came six or seven times in that month alone because the bar was always deemed to be in compliance with all of the guidelines.
washingtoncitypaper.com
And her solution was brownies and popcorn. First, why have it at all if that is where you are at? Second, not much of a difference between a cookie and a brownie.
Co-owner Justin Parker says employees have pitched in to bake everything from macadamia nut to chocolate chunk cookies in an oversized toaster oven since they reopened. One of the requirements is the food offerings can’t be pre-packaged. Fresh baked cookies are an odd match for the martinis the bar is known for, but the pandemic has been a series of make-it-work moments. “They are fantastic,” Parker says. Each table is only required to purchase one food item, but the cookies are so popular people are buying them by the dozen. “At this point we’ve done over 6,000,” he says.
Parker says ABRA began inspecting the bar he co-owns with his husband heavily in June, once D.C. entered Phase 2 of reopening. He takes no issue with the fact that they came six or seven times in that month alone because the bar was always deemed to be in compliance with all of the guidelines.
The Unusual Case of the Five Cookies and $1,000 Fine at Dirty Goose
ABRA issued a fine to Dirty Goose, a gay bar on U Street NW, for "On-Premises Consumption with No Food Service/No Menu."
washingtoncitypaper.com
And her solution was brownies and popcorn. First, why have it at all if that is where you are at? Second, not much of a difference between a cookie and a brownie.
