Buffalo Wild Wings received approval from Madison's Alcohol License Review Committee Wednesday to sell alcohol at their new University Square location, which will tentatively open Aug. 15.
The restaurant will transfer from its State Street location to 789 University Ave., a University Square building address, but will still have the same hours.
According to BWW owner Greg Myers, Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8 and Madison Police Department Captain Carl Gloede support the restaurant's transfer to University Square.
Committee member Tom Sieger, a UW-Madison administrator, said he was concerned about the restaurant's location in University Square, a building that houses many students and is home to the Student Activity Center and University Health Services.
The ALRC also granted a new liquor license to the Kollege Klub on Lake Street due to the college bar's new ownership. The bar's current owner, Bruce Meier, is passing the torch to his son, Jordan.
The Meier family has owned the KK since 1953, and Jordan Meier's takeover will mark the fourth generation of owners within the family.
Jordan Meier said that in terms of operation, employment and its target market, the business will remain the same. He said there will still be entertainment with a DJ, and that he has no intention of hosting 18+ nights.
After having its license revoked in 2009 due to increasing violence and underage drinking at the bar, the Madison Police Department made an agreement with the KK to turn in confiscated fake IDs along with a list of disturbances over to the MPD monthly up until May of this year.
According to Jordan Meier, the last request was made in January and there were no concerns at that time.
""The line of communication is very open between the Madison Police Department and the KK,"" Jordan Meier said. ""We have a very functional relationship now and I am happy about that.""
