Hub Super Market applies for beer license

Hub Super Market, 2277 S. Howell Ave., applied for a new Class “A” Liquor and Malt license Jan. 25.

Last year, AK Food Mart, 2305 S. Howell Ave., applied for the same type of license and was rejected. AK is the convenient store just across Lincoln Avenue from Hub. AK’s rejected license became the focal point of criticism about 14th District Alderman Tony Zielinski’s use of aldermanic privilege and raised the question of inconsistent standards regarding the licensing of alcohol sales.

Zielinski justified his opposition to AK’s license on grounds of “overconcentration,” the idea that too many venues are offering alcohol in too small an area. But critics pointed out he supported a liquor license for nearby Tonic Tavern, 2335 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

The city’s Licenses Committee is next scheduled to meet Feb. 17. Zielinski sits on the Licenses Committee. At press time it was not known at which meeting the Hub application will come before the committee.

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