Difficulty Obtaining a Liquor License Among Things that Doomed Taco Bell’s Fast Casual Concept

Taco Bell thought its concept — U.S. Taco Co. — could take on Chipotle and, failing that, at least give it a toe-hold in the rapidly growing fast casual dining market.  But, after just one year of being open in Huntington Beach, California, its first and only outpost has closed. Among the problems facing the […]

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Medical Marijuana Entrepreneurs May Have to Wait for Zoning Laws to Catch Up

Baltimore County recently became the first jurisdiction in Maryland to enact comprehensive zoning rules for medical marijuana facilities.  Under zoning laws, uses are generally permitted rather than prohibited.  That is to say, a business owners may only engage in uses that are specifically permitted in a given zone and a use that is not permitted is, for […]

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