Thanks for the link c'1q. It really is a fascinating subject that I could write 3,000 word article on. In the world of nightlife there are many people, like reporters, that cover news developments and look to sources - promoters, city officials, etc - that often are really not the most informed source, but may be the most affected party, on the subject, because its their livelihood. Basically, licensing of alcohol at a venue starts, emphasis, starts at a state level, with ABC. That being sad, enforcement of ABC concerns turns to a local level - PD and your police permit. Each venue has its own rules and requirements set up by ABC, often decades ago. Those are supposed to be enforced by PD. Now when you talk about bottle service .... the way venues do bottle service in many cities has a great disparity, from re-corking, to being able to leave with the corked or unopened bottle. But I cant recall ever hearing anything about an ABC license distinctly differencing treatment of bottle service versus bartend-poured or meal-poured service. So for PD to be saying, allegedly, something specifically about bottle service sounds as though something else, non bottle related, may have happened and the bottle issue has become the "punishment". There has really lately been a great, how do you say it lightly, grey cloud as to how things are happening in venue treatment in Hollywood. If you watched the lynching for the benefit of a "ghostbar" venue (as he called it) that happened in the emminent domain proceeding last week, then you know the aura that is out there.