Howling wolf liquor license

Paul Levine, manager of the Howling Wolf restaurant and nightclub in Aspen, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one charge of serving drinks without a liquor license. Levine declined to comment on the case yesterday. Levine, the liquor board and the Aspen Police Department have been at odds for some time over alleged violations of state and local liquor enforcement codes and other matters at the Howling Wolf.

The Wolf held its grand opening party on April 17, under the license of the former tenant, George Stranahan. In addition to the troubles over the opening night party, the Wolf has run afoul of the state liquor licensing authorities over its arrangement with Stranahan regarding the making and serving of the Flying Dog beers. But the City should not move to allow any new restaurants to purchase home rule licenses for the time being, he said. The views expressed in this post are the author's own.

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Manager Levine, according to the report, indicated that patrons were being served Flying Dog beer, which will continue to be brewed on the premises under the new lease arrangement. But David Reitz, director of the Colorado Liquor Code Enforcement Division, said it is not clear whether Stranahan had the legal right to make such an agreement with the owners of the Howling Wolf. But the more important consideration, said liquor board member Gary Esary, is the pending court case.

He said the board should hold off on the license transfer application until the case has been decided, and endorsed the idea of a temporary license in the meantime. The liquor board unanimously granted the temporary license, over the written objections of neighboring businesswoman Terry Butler, owner of the Residence Hotel on the Hyman Avenue Mall.