Alcohol and tobacco control charges against Chelsea’s Cafe were dropped on Wednesday.The Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control cited the popular Perkins Road restaurant in February for failing to maintain qualifications as a restaurant and improper conduct. Since then, an intense legal battle between Chelsea’s and ATC Commissioner Murphy Painter has ensued. Gov. Bobby Jindal recently signed a bill into law intended to help restaurants like Chelsea’s. It says restaurants must primarily serve food, sell more food than alcohol and keep their kitchens open every day — which Chelsea’s owner David Remmetter and attorney Brandon Brown say the restaurant abides to.The law doesn’t go into effect until August 15. Painter decided to drop the charges for now after discovering an inconsistency in the dates written on the restaurant’s ticket and its report.—–Contact Kyle Bove at [email protected]
Chelsea’s charges dropped for now
July 8, 2009