Give it a rest whomever you are! This is a bar. How many present? What is the capacity? Come on. Don't waste COH's time.

Overcrowding is a strange way to put it, but TABC has very specific regulations, as does the city of Houston - and for good reason. It is a bar. That's the point. I work in the industry, and violations of those rules can (and should) risk your establishment's license. You can't pick and choose which rules you want to follow and which ones you'd rather not. If we want folks wandering around with open containers in public, that's fine, but that's what ballot initiatives are for. Or head to Galveston.

Reporting it online to 311 is also a little odd. It's really a matter for TABC and/or the local police to stop in and have a quiet word with the bar owner and make certain they are aware they are risking their business by not following/enforcing the rules everyone else does.

I agree with you. Report it correctly and stop wasting 311 and all of the registered participants' time. This anonymous person posts this same issue almost every weekend. I wonder why this bothers them as it's near the corner of Shepherd and Richmond, not near any residences and next to the empty Shepherd Plaza with plenty of empty parking so none of the patrons are parking on residential streets. Maybe they have an issue with the type of patron.

Hadn't seen the previous reports. You make a fair point. Some folks do use this as a way to vent at businesses or people they have other issues with. I'm guessing that must be the Davenport. Haven't been there in eons, used to hang out a bit at MacElroy's ages ago. Doesn't sound like it's disturbing anyone, but I would still prefer they follow the rules - since otherwise it's sort of pointless to have them. Maybe Anonymous should stop in and have a polite chat with the bartender over a martini... heh.

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