Zeeland's 1st liquor licensee awaits final inspection

The City of Zeeland hopes its first liquor license in nearly a century will attract more businesses downtown, especially a fine dining restaurant that would spur activity and attrace shoppers. The first liquor could be served at a local pizzeria by the first of the year.

According to excerpts from the story:

ZEELAND -- Vitale's Pizza will be the first restaurant to serve beer and wine in the city since voters in November overturned a nearly century-old ban on liquor sales.

"We could be serving in six to eight weeks," Vitale's co-owner Ryan Snyder said.

The Michigan Liquor Control Commission approved the pizzeria's application for a Class C liquor license. That approval is contingent on Vitale's passing an inspection by the commission's enforcement division.

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