If an assessment in three months shows voluntary compliancelacking, city officials will ask the state Liquor Control Board tomake the midnight rule mandatory in the increasingly gentrifiedarea that was the original Skid Road.
While favored by community groups, some Pioneer Square groceryowners didn't sign the voluntary agreement, and some who did don'texpect it to do much besides lower their revenues. Despite any ban,some storeowners speculate that those who want alcohol will simplytake advantage of the free downtown bus ride to a selling store andthen return with their alcohol.
Moreover, say some store owners, as long as there are missionsin the area serving homeless and alcoholics, the situation willsubsist.
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