Soon, customers in Dayton may be able to take their alcoholic drinks to go through parts of the city.
Dayton City Council conducted the first reading of an ordinance at their most recent meeting to establish an Entertainment Destination Center in the city of Dayton.
According to Mayor Ben Baker, Dayton has applied for an Entertainment Destination Center license from the Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control that will allow for the selling of alcohol within the center’s common area.
Modeled after Bellevue’s entertainment district, visitors in Dayton’s Entertainment Destination Center will be able to take alcoholic beverages in and out of bars, restaurants and venues, so long as the beverages are contained in cups with unified branding.
Businesses will be charged a small fee for the branded cups that have the “Rope Walk” name and logo, harking back to the founding days of Dayton when there was an actual rope walk that crossed 6th Avenue from the Jamestown neighborhood. Signage inside the venues will inform residents and visitors of the beverage rules.
Police Chief David Halfhill assured that rules regarding overdrinking, public intoxication and littering will still apply in the entertainment district.
Eligible businesses for the district include The Lodge, Roebling Books, Tuba Bakery, Rose Room, Galactic Chicken, Hometown Heroes, Tony’s Ole Saloon, Monument Park, The Garage Building and where Trotta’s Steak and Seafood was formerly located.
The final approval decision will happen at the March 7 meeting.
Correction: in a previous version of this article Ben Baker was incorrectly referred to as Bill Baker. LINK nky regrets the error.