Tavern Wants To Serve Brew In The Morning

A tavern owner wants to start selling beer at 6 a.m. to factory workers coming off graveyard shifts.

Dana Hull, owner of Mike’s Place, has petitioned the Paul City Council for a variance.

A city ordinance in this southeastern Idaho town prohibits the sale of beer or any other alcohol before 7 a.m., and Mayor Randy Jones said he is not inclined to vote for a change.

“I don’t see much sense in serving drinks at 6 a.m.,” he said. “To me 7 a.m. is plenty early - as a matter of fact, it’s too early.” The request is on Wednesday’s council agenda.

Hull, who took over Mike’s Place in March, said she is struggling to change the type of crowd that the bar attracts. She began by enforcing rules against drugs and fighting.

Hull said her business declined sharply after she began enforcing the rules, but that has made room for a new group of customers to which she wants to add graveyard shift workers.