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Eatery flaunting law suddenly pays up, may be sold anyway BY LORETTA HARDING CONTRIBUTING WRITER

MAHTOMEDI — Diners enjoying the craft beers and specialty margaritas at Taco’s Fresh Sports Cantina, located at 3156 Century Ave., may have had cause to be jittery about the possibility that the eatery could lose its liquor license. Indeed, the city of Mahtomedi was poised to revoke that license at its Nov. 20 council meeting but tabled any action on the establishment’s license until its Dec. 4 meeting. Taco’s Fresh was about to lose its liquor license because the restaurant had not paid the fee pertaining to the license. It was the first establishment in Mahtomedi in the past 18 years not to pay its liquor license fee, City Attorney Jay Karlovich said.

What stopped the city from carrying out its planned action was the sudden arrival of a $2,300 check for the liquor fee, which was handed over to Finance Director Scott Schaefer. At the same time, the state Department of Revenue came knocking on Mahtomedi’s door with its hand out for its portion of the fee. The great fee dodge began on April 3 when the city approved an on-sale intoxicating liquor license and a Sunday sale liquor license. The approved licenses were to be valid from May 1 through April 30, 2019, contingent on receipt of all appropriate paperwork and certificates of insurance, in keeping with City Code section 7.01.1. For more than seven months, the establishment did not pay the required fee of $2,300, despite multiple SUBMITTED | GOOGLE MAPS

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Taco’s Fresh Sports could lose its liquor license.

Save-the-turf group kicks off first meeting BY DEBRA NEUTKENS EDITOR

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Treetop perspective Mathew Corbett and his mother Jenni check the ornaments they placed on the Christmas tree during a volunteer decorating party at the historic Fillebrown House in White Bear Lake Saturday, Nov. 24. Dozens of volunteers helped decorate the cottage in preparation for a variety of upcoming holiday events. Mathew is also a budding historian and has been attending historical society events with his mother since he was a baby.

Indoor turf time is golden — even for those in their golden years. Take senior softball, for example. Keeping the Vadnais Heights sports dome is a big deal to teams who use the dome for softball, judging by the comments made by those signing a petition. There are also soccer and lacrosse clubs, drone clubs and baseball teams that relied on the dome for winter turf. The Ramsey County-owned facility has been out of commission since April, when it collapsed in a spring snowstorm. A decision has not been made on whether it will be fixed. The county is contemplating options regarding the sports facility, including turning it into a parking lot. One petition signer among the 1,600 to date, tongue-incheek presumably, said the dome keeps his dad off the streets. Others said the indoor turf is an important asset for the retired citizens who play softball all winter on the fields. Diversity among users was a point made by several people attending a “Save the Turf”

meeting Nov. 14. Both parents and coaches representing multiple sports attended the meeting at the Charleston Event Center in White Bear Lake. Representing the county was Commissioner Blake Huffman, who admitted a conversation about the dome should have happened months ago. Ramsey County doesn’t know how to manage a dome, Huffman told the group. “We know how to do ice rinks really well, but domes are new to us. I’m not sure we should be in the dome business.” The District 1 commissioner assured them he was on their side, but the county board “was not on the same page” regarding the dome’s future. Huffman said both he and Commissioner Victoria Reinhardt want the dome replaced, but “it may not need to be owned by us.” There is also a two-story ramp going in on the site near Sak’s Sports Bar. They will be approaching both the White Bear Lake and Mounds View school districts, Huffman continued, with the SEE SPORTS DOME, PAGE 8A

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