March 24, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisBlue MF is a vodka-and-rum-based liqueur concocted by three Indiana University fraternity brothers turned entrepreneurs. Their
firm, Indianapolis-based More Fun Liqueur, launched its signature drink in October and now is seeking investors to help fund
expansion.
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February 16, 2012
Associated PressSince 2006, six people have been killed and 27 people have been seriously injured in violent crimes at late-night stores in
Indiana.
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February 1, 2012
Associated PressIndiana is among a handful of states that ban carryout liquor sales on Sundays. Even hosting the NFL's most-celebrated
spectacle won't change that.
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December 29, 2011
Mason King
How much bubbly does Kahn's Fine Wines & Spirits sell at year's end? How have operations changed with the
addition of two new stores? Owner Jim Arnold has answers.
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December 14, 2011
Franklin College News BureauA coalition of convenience and grocery stores said Wednesday that they will renew their push for Sunday carry-out alcohol
sales and cold sales of beer, but with a twist.
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November 21, 2011
Scott OlsonFour package liquor permits in the county west of Indianapolis fetched a total of nearly $1 million, roughly a quarter of
the $3.8 million the state netted during an auction of 279 new alcohol permits in Indiana.
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November 5, 2011
Cory SchoutenThe Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco Commission plans to sell up to 101 new three-way restaurant permits for Marion County at
an auction Nov. 18. The offering follows a recalculation—using fresh U.S. Census numbers—of how many permits should
be distributed in the city.
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July 25, 2011
Associated PressState inspections found Indiana's bars, restaurants and liquor stores doing a much better job of not selling alcohol to
underaged Hoosiers.
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May 15, 2011
Associated PressThe revised law that takes effect July 1 requires that only those who appear to be younger than 40 show ID when buying alcohol.
But some retailers who embraced the stricter provisions say they're not ready to give customers the benefit of the doubt.
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April 18, 2011
Francesca JaroszProposed legislation that would allow grocery stores in Indiana to sell cold beer and alcohol on Sundays faces an uphill battle
in the General Assembly.
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April 7, 2011
Associated PressIndiana legislators are disagreeing about how old someone should look before they have to provide identification when buying
alcohol.
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March 26, 2011
IBJ StaffLiquor stores didn't do as well, undercutting their argument against allowing other retailers to sell cold beer.
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March 4, 2011
Scott OlsonJudges' decision deals blow to state's package liquor stores, which sought to stop the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission
from issuing new permits until the judges could clarify state quota laws.
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February 5, 2011
Associated PressIndiana shoppers would be able to buy a six-pack of beer or a new car on Sundays if state Sen. Phil Boots is successful in
rolling back two of the few remaining blue laws still in effect in Indiana.
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January 28, 2011
Scott OlsonA panel of Indiana Court of Appeals judges on Monday will consider a complaint from the Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers,
which insists too many competing drugstores are receiving beer permits.
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January 26, 2011
Associated PressThe bill would change a much-ridiculed law that took effect last summer requiring everyone — regardless of age —
to be carded for carryout alcohol.
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November 30, 2010
Francesca JaroszBackers of the proposed legislation have begun touting a study estimating that as much as $9 million in additional tax revenue
would be generated for Indiana by the allowance of Sunday sales.
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August 2, 2010
Scott OlsonDrug store chain pulls two applications, while local board rejects its request to sell booze at a store on East Washington
Street and deadlocks on a 2-2 vote regarding a store on East 86th Street.
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June 28, 2010
J.K. WallAn alliance of drugstores, groceries and gas stations is using the July Fourth holiday—which falls this year on Sunday—to
drum up more support for ending Indiana’s ban on Sunday retail sales of alcohol.
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June 15, 2010
IBJ StaffThe stores are expected to start selling alcohol within a month following unanimous approval of the Indiana Alcohol & Tobacco
Commission.
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June 1, 2010
United Package Liquors' purchase of Bowling Green locations could be start of larger company expansion, CEO and president
says.
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March 17, 2010
Scott OlsonIndianapolis-based beverage distributor plans to merge with Republic National Distributing Co. to fend off out-of-state heavyweight.
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November 28, 2009
J.K. WallNational Wine & Spirits Inc. suffered a staggering reversal of fortune when the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission
ruled Nov. 5 that Southern Wine
& Spirits of America Inc. could distribute here.
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September 12, 2009
IBJ StaffSunday is the second-busiest grocery-shopping day of the week in Indiana, but there’s one product Hoosiers aren’t
allowed to put in their shopping carts that day even though it’s perfectly legal the rest of the week. That’s
because an archaic blue law prohibits carryout liquor sales on Sundays.
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August 29, 2009
IBJ StaffKahn’s Fine Wine & Spirits plans to open a second location in a former O’Malia Food Market at the northeast
corner of 86th Street and Township Line Road.
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we love that we were right in our predictions for the outcome of Tony's boondoggle. We aren't negative, we are positive that the league that never has will continue to blow chunks and stink up the place
I was initially excited to learn that this wasn't rubber-stamped, but if all that is required is to add some shrubs and some "window dressing" over the first floor of the garage, then I'd call it a waste of everyone's time. It should be noted that the Hearing Examiner is a DMD employee who reports to the same administrator as the DMD staff planner who recommended approval of the garage and whose report said that the requirement for ground-floor retail had been "satisfied". Better luck with appealing the inevitable approval at the MDC, where the commissioners are appointed by the Mayor, City Council, and County Commissioners, thus, presumably not all obligated to facilitate the administration's plans.
Wheat Thins, when paired with chocolate ice cream!
About the same.
New airport, new Lucas Oil Stadium, expanded convention center, $30,000,000 Pacer gift, Stupid City Way Project, Broad Ripple Parking Garage $ Giveaway, Money blown on lethal bike lanes. The list is endless..
We have complete morons in City Government with grafter buddies sitting in the wings also stealing parking meter revenue. Go to www.adavceindiana.com and read about Chicago Parking Meter Corruption.
It's all theft of taxpayer resources and complete lack of financial stewardship and devoid of integrity.
I would just like for basic city services please.