A $4 discount is costing an Uptown restaurant $800 or its liquor license for eight days.
Channel 9 has previously reported that North Carolina notoriously does not allow happy hour discounts for alcoholic beverages. All legislative attempts to change this have been unsuccessful.
North Carolina law allows a restaurant or bar to offer a discount on an alcoholic drink if it is for the whole day, like $5 wine on Mondays. But NC law does not allow a restaurant or bar to offer a discount on an alcoholic drink for a limited period of time, like $5 wine from 4 to 7 p.m…