St. Charles City Council

Visitors to North Main Street in St. Charles start to head home after bars close on a Friday night in early August. The street has seen smaller crowds on weekends recently, and bar owners say a new liquor ordinance isn't helping. (Aug. 2 2019)

Change In Policies On Main Street St. Charles Reduces Violence. But Business For Bars Is Down, Too

Nicolas Telep

Friday and Saturday nights don’t draw nearly as many people to St. Charles’ North Main Street as they did a year or so ago.Eric Sohn, general manager of…

Bars and restaurants on North Main Street in St. Charles are operating under new rules after the city passed a new liquor ordinance last year. Bar owners say it is unfair for the city to target businesses in the small area. January 25, 2019

Government, Politics & Issues

Bar And Restaurant Owners On St. Charles' Main Street Want Changes To New Liquor Ordinance

Just months after a new liquor law put into place stricter rules for bars and restaurants on North Main Street in St. Charles, some owners want the law…

The St. Charles City Council meets to present the latest revisions to the proposed liquor ordinance to the public. Aug. 21, 2018

Economy & Business

St. Charles officials tweak proposed alcohol ordinance

Chad Davis

St. Charles city officials have changed the controversial proposed liquor ordinance, causing contentious debate at the Tuesday night City Council…

Tory Knight takes inventory at The Lost Whiskey in June. Part of the new proposal includes raising the amount of an establishment's revenue that must come from food sales to 60 percent.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Charles’ second attempt to tame North Main Street, appease bar owners

Abigail Censky

The St. Charles City Council plans to introduce an ordinance next week aimed at taming North Main Street’s late night revelers. The new plan comes after…