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draws council okay
- Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour in the drinking.
• Maplewood Mall can begin serving 3.2 THIS IS the only establishment in the
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beer and wine as soon as they make mall to serve beer and wine. The other O
necessary remodeling changes to their restaurant, York Steak House, does not. ,,,,N.store. Manager Ralph Karczewski's Maplewood Mall manager Bob Johnson
request for a license was unanimously said his office approved offering beer and
• approved by the Maplewood City Council wine in the complex,because it would not
• Aug. 16. be operated as a "beer parlor where you
• Karczewski told the council this was an can get off work and come in and drink six
to• experiment in the Farrell's Ice Cream or eight beers.
40 Parlour chains, and this would be the "It will be encouraged to be served with
second Farrell's to be granted the license. meals. There are a lot of people who
A location in New Jersey has a license but request some form of beer and wine with
it hasn't been put into effect yet. meals."
"I WOULD like to broaden the appeal of Farrell's is currently open until, mid-
the business," Karczewski said. night, and there has been no request to
"Currently my customers are lady change these hours.
shoppers and businessmen. Mother Councilman Don Wiegert asked Karc-
brings the kids in and dad goes across the zewski if he thought that offering the beer
street where he can have a beer with and wine might keep some regular
dinner. • customers away.
"Since I took over in 1975,this has been "The room is the farthest in the
a struggling business, but I have finally restaurant, and it is usually empty 95
managed to break even. And, I want to percent of the time,"Karczewski said.He
increase my customer base." said the changes wouldn't alter the rest of
He told the council he had no intent to the restaurant's appeal at all.
run a beer parlor,but merely to have beer There were no objections from citizens
available with lunches and dinners. at the public hearing and the council
The construction of the business is such approved the license unanimously.
that a third dining room,in the rear of the When asked what date remodeling
store can be closed off from the rest of the would began, and the wine and beer
dining area by a set of swinging doors. portion would be ready for customer
This room could be used for the pub area. service, Karczewski told the Review no
Only 19 year olds would be able to work in specific plans had been made at this time.
the area, serving the beer and wine, and "Personal circumstances at this time
checking ages of customers would have to force me not to say anything about the
be a practice to insure no minors were remodeling and change dates."