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BACK TO SCHOOL / MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
STATE
Liquor law could mean higher drink prices
BY CARLO RAMIREZ
cramirez@kansan.com
Lawmakers will hold off on implementing a loosely monitored state liquor law that was set to be enforced Aug. 1. The law, passed in the '80s, ruled that establishments couldn't increase the amount of alcohol in a drink without increasing the price proportionately. Mixed opinions from bar owners on the re-enforcement have prompted the legislature to postpone its decision until it reconvenes in January.
The law, if enforced, would work like this: a 16-ounce single that costs $3 would increase to $6 if doubled to a 32-ounce drink.
Local bartenders were skeptical about the law from the beginning. "I just don't see students happy about more expensive drink prices," said Nick Manning, a Barrel House bartender and senior from Shawnee, "Part of being in college and living in a college town are the cheap drinks and deals all around town."
Nick Manning, a senior from Shawnee, pours shots at The Barrel House, where he works as a bartender. A loosely monitored state law could increase the cost of double drinks in Kansas.
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
The law, which applies to
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