Whiteville approves Brunch Bill, starts Sunday

WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) — The Whiteville City Council approved the Brunch Bill Tuesday evening.

“It will be an ordinance change for the city and I think city council will be supporting that,” Darren Currie, Whiteville city manager, said.

The Chef and the Frog restaurant requested the council talk about the law that allows alcohol sales starting at 10 a.m. on Sundays.

The council voted 6-1 in favor of the bill.

“I think for the people in the restaurant business that do serve alcohol and are open before twelve on Sunday morning, I think it gives them a competitive edge cause other towns around us have adopted it and it keep people in town that want to drink. I mean, the few that do want to drink on Sunday morning,” Terry Mann, Whiteville Mayor, said.

Whiteville has joined several towns in our area that have already approved the earlier sales.

“I was waiting for somebody to request and I felt like it would have more meaning if it was requested by a business owner. So, we had the request in and we put it on the agenda,” Mann said.

“Other cities, they obviously had a lot more restaurants and things and so they wanted to go ahead and jump on the band wagon and get it done,” Currie said.

Councilman Harold Troy was the only member to go against the brunch bill but he had no comment on the matter.