U Stop Fina Near Sunset Trying to Sell Beer. Again.

At the next Dallas City Council meeting, U Stop Fina, a local gas station/convenience store near Sunset High School, is looking to obtain a beer-and-wine permit for the small neighborhood store.

By my count, the owner, Moe Barakat, and his representatives have gone to the council three times for such a permit — U Stop was last denied nearly two years ago at a meeting back in June 2011.

Then, Councilwoman Delia Jasso said the store at the corner of West Jefferson Boulevard and North Brighton Avenue needed to address neighbors’ concerns before they could move forward, adding that U Stop Fina should “come back in six months” once the issues were ironed out.

At the time, Jasso highlighted how neighbors were concerned with some of the customer base habitually urinating on the grounds and, of course, the store’s walking distance from nearby Sunset. One resident told Oak Cliff People some students already manage to shoplift food from the store let alone the alcohol that would potentially be on the shelves.

Both the City Plan Commission and city staff have recommended the council to approve this recent permit and now will be up for public discussion next Wednesday.

In any light, it seems the store obviously took its time in getting things in resubmitting, and those interested should make it to Dallas City Hall for the public hearing meetings on Jan. 9 at 1 p.m.

By Andrew Plock Jan. 2, 2013 | 2:44 pm | 6 Comments | Comments RSS
6 comments to "U Stop Fina Near Sunset Trying to Sell Beer. Again."
  1. stephen horton @ January 4, 2013 at 5:37 pm
    my wife and i do not want u stop fina to sell beer and wine. it is to close to sunset high school, and also the church on jefferson and marlboro.

  2. GEORGE WAGNER @ January 4, 2013 at 5:52 pm
    YES YES YES

  3. PAT LAROCHE @ January 5, 2013 at 8:04 pm
    VOTE NO NO NO ! WE DO NOT NEED EASY ACESS TO ALCOHOL FOR OUR CHILDREN NOT TO MENTION, DRUNKS HANGING AROUND WHERE OUR YOUNG GIRLS MAY BE WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL. ISN’T THERE ENOUGH GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY REGARDING OUR SCHOOLS AND VIOLENCE, ETC.. CITY COUNCIL WAKE UP AND MAKE A STAND AND LETS START CLEANING TINGS UP ! START NOW ! I’M STILL UPSET BEER AND WINE WAS VOTED IN OAK CLIFF, WE ALL KNOW WHY !

  4. Donna Berry @ January 6, 2013 at 8:29 am
    My husband and i do not want beer and wine sold that close to sunset high school , that location is known in the community to sell cigarettes to minors and other things. We don’t need it or want it . it is bad enough the other place on Clarendon and Hampton is being shoved down our throat. City Council needs to get some courage and say no to beer and wine in our neighborhoods. Instead of saying no one else wants to come into Oak Cliff with a business that sells it stand up for Oak Cliff residents that want a nice neighborhood without it. There are business’s that will come in that are with out beer and wine. City Council have courage and say NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you Donna Berry

  5. Barbara Horton @ January 6, 2013 at 6:03 pm
    I am against the Fina station near Sunset High School obtaining a license to sell beer and wine. Please do all you can to not allow them a license.

  6. Juan Velazquez @ January 14, 2013 at 8:45 pm
    I believe U Stop Fina deserves the right to obtain the permit. I don’t see why the future 7-11 on Jefferson & Hampton has already acquired the permit ,maybe because it is a big corporation. So I believe a small business owner like Chen should have the right as well. I am not promoting alcohol sales to minors or any negativity in my surrounding area, but the bureaucracy has to stop. I just read an article stating that the premises are always filled with debree which is a complete lie.

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