Last call at Rosemont bars will come a little earlier starting next year.
Village trustees Monday approved liquor code changes that will shift closing time from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m., in a move set to take effect right after New Year's Eve.
"With the insanity of the world today, we don't need to be the slush pit for everybody that runs into a 2 o'clock place and says, 'Where we going now?'" declared Mayor Brad Stephens.
The time change was prompted by responses to a village survey of the 15 existing 4 a.m. liquor license holders within the Northwest suburban dining and entertainment mecca. Many already voluntarily close by 2 a.m., from bars and restaurants in the popular Parkway Bank Park entertainment district, to hotel bars that cater to late-arriving travelers.