Is there anything worse than a rhyming post title?  I don’t think so.

Anyway, the Mayor ended last night’s Decatur City Commission meeting with a few thoughts that he had noted on his smartphone.  One was the current law which makes it illegal to bring your own bottle of wine to a restaurant and pay a “corking fee” to drink it at the table.  (There was originally some confusion as to whether this was indeed illegal, but the City Manager verified it with a head-nod.)

You may remember that this very topic was brought up in a FFAF conversation back in January.  The owner of Cafe Alsace explained to an unhappy resident that bringing your own wine to a restaurant was currently illegal in Decatur and that while some other restaurants might allow it, she followed the law.

Well, it sounds like she brought the issue up with Mayor Floyd, who mentioned he had a conversation with the owner of Cafe Alsace about the law and stated his desire to change it, due in part because it was difficult to enforce.  Mayor Pro-Tem Baskett also stated his preference for changing the law.

In an alcohol-based economy like this one, I’m surprised such a law has lasted this long.