Liquor board debates “cabinet” concept for guest-stored spirits
Liquor board officials in Worcester County declined to greenlight a “liquor locker” concept for a downtown Berlin bar and restaurant but still approved its liquor license transfer to a new ownership group.
The bourbon and tequila joint Bour-Agavé is no more at 104 North Main Street. It reopened May 23 as CounterClox, a new restaurant with an industrial vibe, said Patrice Ottey, part-owner of the business.
“Berlin being a kind of ‘step back in time’ place, we felt like CounterClox really is a pause in time,” she told the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners (BLC) at a May 21 hearing. “We feel Berlin is like that, and that’s how we kind of came up for the name for that. So, it’ll be a very industrial theme when you walk in, very casual, very comfortable atmosphere and inviting.”
The BLC considered the request to transfer Bour-Agavé’s liquor license to a new ownership group of Ottey, Meghan Newberger, and Fredric Leibowitz. Newberger had been the proprietor of Bour- Agavé and now shares 40% ownership with Ottey in CounterClox, while Leibowitz has a 20% interest, according to their BLC application.
The board did unanimously approve the license transfer, pending the owners meeting the 70-seat minimum required of a Class “B” beer, wine, and liquor license.
Just based on their names they will ruin Berlins charm
Industrial vibe, what is that? Are they rolling steel, generating electricity, treating waste water in there? Maybe refining crude oil into gasoline or diesel fuel. How can a restaurant/bar in Berlin have an industrial vibe?
The only industry Berlin has is trash collection