Virginia Cigar Bar Bill Falls in Senate
A bill that would have allowed for cigar bars, businesses that serve and sell both cigars and alcohol for on-site consumption, failed in the Virginia Senate.
H.B. 1541 passed the Virginia House of Representatives on Feb. 13, but was defeated yesterday in the Senate 17-22 with one abstaining.
It would have created a special license for cigar shops that would allow for cigar shops to serve customers up to two 5-ounce glasses of wine, two 12-ounce glasses of beer or two mixed beverages containing no more than 2-ounces of liquor.
A similar bill also failed last year.
Charlie Minato
I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.
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