No alcohol license for Redner, for now

TAMPA -- A request by Joe Redner to sell alcohol at a brewery failed to get approval today at the Tampa City Council, but Redner will try again June 5 when more council members are present. Redner is best known as the owner of the Mons Venus strip club.

Redner wants to open Cigar City Brewing at his business headquarters on Spruce Street just west of Dale Mabry Highway. The microbrewery would be run by his son. Redner's plans call for five-course dinners with beer tastings on Friday nights and a gift shop that would sell beer.

Neighborhood groups objected to Redner's proposal, saying they were concerned about increased traffic, among other things. Council members John Dingfelder, Mary Mulhern and Joe Caetano voted in favor of Redner's request, and Gwen Miller and Tom Scott voted no. Charlie Miranda and Linda Saul-Sena were absent.

--Times staff writer