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BLOTTO BLOTTERS: OLCC and WW
IMAGE: Ben Reed

BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF | 503-243-2122

[May 28th, 2008]

• MISSISSIPPI GROWING: Pint-sized North Portland venue Mississippi Studios will host its last show on June 12 , news that would prompt candlelight vigils among touring singer-songwriters if there weren’t a twist: The club will reopen in October at the same location, but in a new, larger building. “Given the extreme puniness of our bar & seating area, it’s miraculous that we’ve been able to stay open as long as we have,” owner Jim Brunberg wrote in an email late last week. The current plan calls for Portland icon Storm Large to begin the demolition project “wearing a hardhat & wielding a sledgehammer” after her show at the intimate venue on June 11, and for full-scale demolition to begin on June 16. While the image of Storm smashing shit is sexy, we’re going to miss the current cozy incarnation of Mississippi Studios and the bitchin’ imitation Airstream trailer out back. Maybe the expanded menu, seating area and bar of the future Mississippi Studios space will be enough to make us forget.

• VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Time is running out to vote in WW’s 2008 Best of Portland Readers Poll . Fill out your ballot at wweek.com/bop2008 by Saturday, May 31 , and you could win a bike from River City Bicycles, $200 in books from Powell’s or a day in a Mini Cooper convertible from Zipcar—not to mention recognition for your favorite people and businesses.

• EMAIL TIP(SY): The Oregon Liquor Control Commission caught Scoop’s attention recently with new and improved press releases that describeoffenses committed by local restaurants and bars in explicit detail. What kind of offenses, pray tell? Well, according to the OLCC, “an employee pushed a patron and hit the patron on the head with a pool cue ,” at downtown bar Shanghai Steakery . At Santorini West, problems include: “fights, stabbing, shots being fired , altercations, public drunkenness, harassment, excessive noise and public urination.” Holy crap! OLCC spokeswoman Christie Scott says the more detailed, tsk-tsking press releases are intended, in part, to make all businesses more responsible with alcohol sales . Read more samples of recent press releases from the OLCC below.

LOCATION	CHARGE	PENALTY	RESPONSE
RJ's Wichita Pub 8125 SW Nyberg St., Tualatin	“A history of serious and persistent problems including physical and verbal altercations, gunshot wounds, as well as public urination and vomiting.”	Cancellation of liquor license	No answer. The Pub has a hand-written sign on the front door that reads, “Closed for Remodel.”
Santorini West 11525 SW Barnes Road	“A history of serious and persistent problems including fights, stabbing, shots being fired, altercations, public drunkenness, harassment, excessive noise and public urination.”	Cancellation of liquor license	Manager Helen Tzakis says she has fired the promoter and gotten rid of hip-hop and R&B. She says “[they] have requested a hearing and are hoping everything goes well.”
Shanghai Steakery 16 NW Broadway	“Licensee permitting disorderly activities on the licensed premises when an employee pushed a patron and hit the patron on the head with a pool cue.”	A 32-day suspension of license or pay a civil penalty of $4,950 and serve a two-day suspension	Manager Jay Mitchell says, “It�s a tough business. We�ve had a couple of instances in the last months.” As for the pool cue-wielding employee, “there was an immediate firing.”
Bettie Ford 1135 SW Washington St.	“Cited for two counts of accepting financial assistance from a representative manufacturer or wholesaler of alcoholic liquor.”	Pay a $2,805 civil penalty or 17-day suspension	Management didn�t return phone messages.
Sushiville 1514 NW 23rd Ave.	“Proposed cancellation came as a result of a class C felony conviction for managing member Insik Choe for attempted sexual abuse in the first degree. Choe committed the crime on the licensed premises.”	Cancellation of liquor license	Hack Moo Kim, acting partner and manager of the NW Sushiville Location, says he cannot discuss what happened. The company has requested a hearing and is hoping Choe, a partner and manager of the Gresham location, “will sell his share to the other three partners.”

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» BUT WE WERE DRUNK: In last week’s Drink Guide, we mistakenly wrote that Candlelight Cafe and Bar is “owned and operated by the same folks as Twilight Cafe.” While Candlelight Cafe owner Joe Shore’s daughter, Janelle, did once own the Twilight Cafe, she no longer does. We described Marianne Udall, the bartender at The Wishing Well, as a “70-year-old grandmother.” She is only 63. Also, we listed Produce Row Cafe as having strippers. It does not. But it should. We regret the errors.