Manhattan KS common consumption area – 101.5 K-Rock Manhattan's Real Rock https://1015krock.com The Flint Hills Real Rock Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:40:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/1015krock.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/krock-fb-logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Manhattan KS common consumption area – 101.5 K-Rock Manhattan's Real Rock https://1015krock.com 32 32 43031150 Downtown merchants adjust to new drinking ordinance https://1015krock.com/downtown-merchants-adjust-to-new-drinking-ordinance/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:40:33 +0000 https://1350kman.com/?p=438827

By Brandon Peoples

Downtown Manhattan merchants are finding new ways to lure customers into their establishments.

A new common consumption area was established in July, opening the opportunity for customers to freely roam a specified area with an alcoholic beverage. Jake Voegeli, co-owner of Manhattan Brewing Company, said after seven weeks in place, they’ve seen no issues.

“For special events like the Third Thursdays, we set up on our patio, and we’ll serve people as they walk by,” he said. “We might get one or two people that want to walk around and finish their beer, and they just come up and they’ll grab a cup and go. There’s not really a lot of change to the business, other than it makes doing events easier.”

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]]> 253121 Downtown merchants adjust to new drinking ordinance https://1015krock.com/downtown-merchants-adjust-to-new-drinking-ordinance/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:40:33 +0000 https://1350kman.com/?p=438827

By Brandon Peoples

Downtown Manhattan merchants are finding new ways to lure customers into their establishments.

A new common consumption area was established in July, opening the opportunity for customers to freely roam a specified area with an alcoholic beverage. Jake Voegeli, co-owner of Manhattan Brewing Company, said after seven weeks in place, they’ve seen no issues.

“For special events like the Third Thursdays, we set up on our patio, and we’ll serve people as they walk by,” he said. “We might get one or two people that want to walk around and finish their beer, and they just come up and they’ll grab a cup and go. There’s not really a lot of change to the business, other than it makes doing events easier.”

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]]> 253122 City officials to consider common consumption area ordinance for downtown https://1015krock.com/city-officials-to-consider-common-consumption-area-ordinance-for-downtown/ Sat, 22 Mar 2025 14:36:36 +0000 https://1350kman.com/?p=434158

Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will consider a common consumption area (CCA) ordinance that would allow consumption of alcohol from licensed establishments within a particular boundary. They’re having a special legislative meeting in place of the scheduled work session.

The proposal follows a Sept. 24 work session involving city, Aggieville and Downtown business association officials, as well as the Riley County Police Department and Kansas Alcohol Beverage Control. Downtown Business Association officials have drafted an approach for an ongoing common consumption area daily from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

The proposed boundary would be surrounding Poyntz Avenue businesses between Third and Fifth Street as well as a north-south boundary along Third and Fourth Street from Houston Street north to the alleyway between Poyntz and Humboldt.

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