Beaumont bar owner remains defiant after second TABC shutdown
The Soggy Bottom Saloon is not closing after the TABC issued a 60-day suspension after the owner s refusal to follow COVID-19 restrictions last summer. Author: Jordan James (12NewsNow), KBMT (12NewsNow) Published: 2:34 AM CST February 9, 2021 Updated: 12:38 PM CST February 9, 2021
BEAUMONT, Texas A Beaumont bar owner refused to back down after the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission suspended his bar s license a second time.
The bar s first suspension came last summer, after the owner participated in statewide protests against COVID-19 restrictions. The Soggy Bottom Saloon is the bar that is the center of controversy, and it sits just off Eastex Freeway, tucked away in a Beaumont neighborhood.