Madison’s Alcohol License Review Committee granted an alcohol sales license to the Freiburg Gastropub, a new gastro-style pub being built on the 2600 block of Monroe Street, in a Wednesday meeting.
Jack Sosnowski, the pub’s owner, earned neighborhood support after speaking with community members about plans to open a pub that fills a vacant storefront at 2612 Monroe St.
“We’ve appreciated the conversations we’ve had with [the owners],” said Al Nettleton, the president of the Dudgeon Monroe Neighborhood Association.
ALRC previously deferred approval because of the neighborhood’s opposition to more alcohol vendors.
Community members said they considered the new pub to be a worthwhile addition to the area.
Anna Peterson, who lives next to the pub’s location, said she thinks the pub will be a “wonderful asset” to the neighborhood.
The pub had to downsize and set specific operating times in order to meet the committee’s conditions, Sosnowski said.
The committee also referred a hearing on a license for Kelley’s Market, a Mobil gas station convenience store, to another meeting. This will be the ninth time it is brought before committee, according to the meeting agenda.
Kelley’s Market was waiting on a city report on its current license, which wasn’t completed at the time of the meeting, according to Ron Trachtenberg, a lawyer representing Kelley’s Market.
“To quote Ben Franklin, there’s two things that are certain: death and taxes. A third thing is that we don’t have our … report,” Trachtenberg said. “This means … that there’s no way we’ll have [license] regulations by this coming license year.”
