Guy walks into a bar in Utah - and easily gets a drink. Come this summer, that simple scenario will become a reality: No special fees, club memberships or partitions required. ...more

March 19, 2009

Cashiers, bartenders and waitresses now have a much greater chance of being caught if they sell alcohol to an underage person. ...more

March 10, 2009

Dale DeGroff, the celebrated "King of the Cocktails," doesn't go out on New Year's Eve much anymore. Been there. Poured that. ...more

December 22, 2008

A 46-year-old woman has been charged with driving-under-the-influence manslaughter after the man she struck Wednesday night while leaving a bar died today at a local hospital, Sarasota police say. ...more

October 16, 2008

Tropicana Field bartender Sara Kowalski definitely does not want to root against the Tampa Bay Rays. ...more

October 4, 2008

I come from a drinking family. I was raised in a drinking culture, the beer and bump blue-collar, middle-class, rubber-making heyday of Akron, Ohio. ...more

August 23, 2008

Following the crash that killed 34-year-old Lucinda Reapp, Michael Rose pulled his damaged motorcycle to the side of the road before asking about his passenger, prosecution witnesses said. ...more

August 21, 2008

With the cost of everything from air conditioning to whipped cream rising, many restaurants have been raising prices. LongHorn Steakhouse is passing on part of the tab to its servers. ...more

July 25, 2008

This being the Fourth of July weekend, if I were king I would issue a simple proclamation, something along these lines: ...more

July 5, 2008

SEBRING —A Highlands County Sheriff's internal investigation cleared one deputy of an accusation that she tipped off friends at Paul's Harbourside Restaurant and Lounge about a sheriff's undercover operation on Aug. 4, involving the sale of alcohol to minors. The sheriff's deputy was a trainee at the time of the undercover operation. While she was cleared of the accusation, she was later counseled about discussing an open investigation with others. ...more

June 25, 2008