Politics & Government
Oconee County Chairman Davis Raises Possibility of 50/50 Alcohol To Food Ratio In County Restaurants
Davis uses his column in The Oconee Enterprise to praise Cheddar's new restaurant in Epps Bridge Centre.
Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis has renewed his efforts to increase the percentage of revenue that Oconee County restaurants can earn from alcohol sales through his column in the Feb. 12 edition of The Oconee Enterprise.
Davis said in the column he writes that “I understand” that several chains have inquired about locating in Oconee County, but “some” question the existing ratio of alcohol to food.
Davis suggests that the county should consider a 50/50 ratio rather than the current 25 percent alcohol and 75 percent food ratio.
A change of the magnitude suggested by Davis would be dramatic, as none of the county’s eight restaurants reporting sales figures for 2014 listed more than 24 percent alcohol sales, and the average among them was only 10.8 percent.
The sole Watkinsville restaurant that reported its alcohol ratio in 2014 had only 20.2 percent of its revenue from alcohol sales.
For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.