Co Com R 267 261026 Beer Board

The Knox County Beer Board met on October 26, 2026, to consider beer permits and enforcement matters. The board approved an on-premises beer permit for Tune Up The Man Salon, with Codes review and a certificate of occupancy still pending, and approved an on-premises permit for El Metate Mexican Restaurant No. 6 following its ownership change; the applicant was directed to submit the prior permit to the clerk’s office. No government procurement or budget allocation was identified. Tune Up’s permit would allow complimentary beer service, according to the applicant.

The board considered Ian’s Market No. 163’s third underage-sale violation in just over a year. The store’s representative described corrective measures, including ID scanners at each point of sale, a mystery-shopper program, mandatory responsible-server training, and camera monitoring; the scanners and related software were a private business expense, not a government purchase. The board voted to impose a $2,000 civil penalty rather than suspend the permit, and members warned that another violation could result in loss of the permit.