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February 21, 2008
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February 14, 2008
Legislation | Hopes for Public Smoking Ban Are Snuffed Out By Anita Kumar Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, February 15, 2008; B05 RICHMOND, Feb. 14 -- The Virginia House of Delegates defeated several proposals Thursday to prohibit smoking in restaurants, stores, offices and other public places, effectively killing all anti-smoking legislation for this year's General Assembly session. For the...
January 23, 2008
Legislation | Virginia's Sangria Ban At Issue in 2 Hearings By Anita Kumar Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January 24, 2008; B01 RICHMOND, Jan. 23 -- A Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control agent conducting a routine inspection in 2006 cited La Tasca Spanish Tapas Bar and Restaurant in Old Town Alexandria for violating an obscure 75-year-old state law: It's illegal to serve sangria in Virginia...
October 3, 2007
Tidbits | Cooking Light Best Cities AwardsBy Jay CookeCooking Light, October 2007As Cooking Light begins its 20th year of publication, we wanted to know what places best provide the resources people need to live healthful lives. To find out, we ranked major metropolitan areas on 15 criteria, including healthfulness and exercise data, restaurant ratings, farmers' market listings, and parks and...
September 20, 2006
Legislation | Capital Is Attracting Singles and Empty-Nester Travelers, Nonprofit Group Says By Chris KirkhamWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, September 20, 2006; B04 Tourist spending jumped nearly 5 percent last year, pumping an estimated $5 billion into the District's economy and cementing tourism as one of the key economic drivers in the city, according to a survey released yesterday. By paying...
September 4, 2006
Legislation | Virginia: The Best State For Business Best Places Kurt Badenhausen 08.16.06, 8:00 AM ET Four hundred years after Captain John Smith established the first permanent English colony in Jamestown, the commonwealth of Virginia is leading the way once again. Virginia grabbed the top spot in Forbes.com's first-ever Top States for Business thanks to its strong economic growth, low business costs...
August 31, 2006
Legislation | By Annie Shuppy May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Jeff Buben wonders how his two Washington, D.C., restaurants changed from places where lawmakers enjoyed lunch to potential crime scenes. ``The business of Washington is done in restaurants,'' said Buben, chef-owner of Bistro Bis and Vidalia. ``To put restaurants at the end of the barrel, say that's where criminal activity is being done -- that...
May 15, 2006
Tidbits | The common business wisdom – that restaurants fail at an alarmingly high rate, maybe as high as 90 to 95 percent in the first year, is flat wrong, according to researchers at Ohio State University.Their research suggests that the actual numbers may be closer to 57 to 61 percent; the highest failure rate was during the first year – 26 percent; the second year about 19 percent and the...
September 19, 2005
Press Release | Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington Launches Radio Ad Promoting Restaurant and Bar Freedom of Choice on Smoking FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 19, 2005Contact: Patrick Horn, 202.331.5990Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW)Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington Launches Radio Ad Promoting Restaurant and Bar Freedom of Choice on Smoking(Washington, D.C.) --...
June 8, 2005
Legislation | By John McArdle, Roll Call Staff Hangouts Changed With the Area By the time the House Judiciary Committee formally launched impeachment hearings against then-President Richard Nixon on May 9, 1974, Stuart Long was already fairly certain that the Republican president was a political dead man walking. In those days, Long was the owner of two of Capitol Hill’s most popular watering holes...
May 2, 2002
Hot Topics | Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington Urges D.C. Council Reform of Alcohol Licensing Process in Response to Local Restaurant’s Seven-Year Regulatory Battle WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 15, 2012) – The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) today called on D.C. Council member Jim Graham to include reform of the District’s alcohol licensing approval process...
November 30, 1999
Press Release | 1625 K Street, NW | Suite #210 | Washington, DC 20006 | Tel—202.331.5990 | Fax—202.659.8701 | www.ramw.orgMonday, April 9, 2012FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Betsy Allman, RAMW Policy Advisor202.331.5990 or betsy@ramw.org Restaurant Association Metropolitan WashingtonBacks Mayor’s Budget Proposal to Extend Alcohol Service Hoursin Testimony Provided D.C. Council...
November 29, 1999
Legislation | RAMW President, Lynne Breaux testifies in support of Extended Alcoholic Beverage Service Hours Pursuant to Mayor’s Budget Proposal uman Services Budget: Alcoholic Beverage Regulation AdministrationDate: March 29, 2012PDF
