Tom Sponseller Quotes (10 Quotes)

This was not really unique in the 1970s. Over the years, as moderation became the big thing, the little bottles fell out of favor.

Back in the 1970s, when South Carolina and about nine other states also used them, they only could hold 1.5 ounces. When the liquor industry went metric in the '80s, they went to 1.7 ounces.

A lot of people will wait and see what customers want.

Without a definition of what is substantial food business, every judge could have a different opinion.

The bar or restaurant has their choice of whatever size bottle they deem best for the business or their customers. They might go with minis totally, or they might go with big bottles totally, or a combination of both.

We're afraid if we do something unique here, we're going to put undue burden on our restaurants.

If other states pass the right form of the bill, it's pushing people to us. It would subject South Carolina restaurants to something nobody else has to do.

They don't have to have sprinklers or smoke detectors. The health department does not inspect their kitchens. If they (bed and breakfasts) aren't good at what they do, something could go wrong, and it could be a black eye on the community.

It's a new day. Our customers have told us for years that they'd like to see real drinks normal cocktails that they were accustomed to everywhere else in the U.S.

If they've got problems with bad bars, there are ways to close them. All you've got to do is send law enforcement in one night and find somebody drinking underage. Three or four of those, and the guy's lost his license. Why make everybody pay for a couple of bad apples