Cheers: Kwanza Hall proposes later bar hours city-wide
In an effort to boost Atlanta’s nightlife and increase tax revenues, Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall has introduced legislation that would keep bars open until 4 a.m. According to Hall, his bill would be city-wide and would allow licensed establishments to sell alcohol between 9 a.m. and 4 a.m. Monday through Friday.
On Saturday, bartenders can pour between 9 a.m. and 2:55 a.m. Sunday hours would remain the same. Hall’s legislation was introduced late Monday night as a personal paper and still has weeks of vetting before it is considered by the full council.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
