All 50 states require some sort of licensing to serve alcohol.
True, but in many states the process for getting the license approves is formulaic, the proprietor presents evidence to the licensing commission that they have fulfilled the legal requirements and the license is issued. (In some places, the license must be issued; the licensing commission cannot refuse unless they determine that the applicant has not satisfied some explicit requirement of the law.) That Bibim went through the effort to present their plans to the public shows that they felt it necessary to forestall public objections to the licensing commission, hence public objections to the licensing commission can stop a liquor license. That, in a nutshell, is "an unfriendly business environment" -- a business has to work to keep the squawkers from blocking them.
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Date: 2014-03-11 02:34 pm (UTC)True, but in many states the process for getting the license approves is formulaic, the proprietor presents evidence to the licensing commission that they have fulfilled the legal requirements and the license is issued. (In some places, the license must be issued; the licensing commission cannot refuse unless they determine that the applicant has not satisfied some explicit requirement of the law.) That Bibim went through the effort to present their plans to the public shows that they felt it necessary to forestall public objections to the licensing commission, hence public objections to the licensing commission can stop a liquor license. That, in a nutshell, is "an unfriendly business environment" -- a business has to work to keep the squawkers from blocking them.