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    Coronavirus News

    Coronavirus diaries: Bar owner waits on hold after Dallas County closure

    Reid Robinson
    Mar 20, 2020 | 4:53 pm
    Brizo Bar
    Cleaning the bar turned out to be not enough.
    Photo courtesy of Brizo

    Editor's note: This is the latest entry in our series about how people in Dallas-Fort Worth are adjusting to the new realities of living amid the coronavirus pandemic. Reid Robinson is one of the owners of Brizo, a bar that recently opened in Richardson.

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    Brizo is a Greek goddess, and namesake of the neighborhood bar and restaurant in Richardson that I own with some friends. We began construction in October — the same week that several tornadoes ravaged areas of Dallas and Richardson last October. This is when Brizo was born.

    My partners and I spent time fussing over details such as a marble topped bar, and a bookcase doorway leading to a secret bar space. We finally opened in February.

    We found our crowd and they found us: Young professionals, parents, and professors enjoying cocktails, conversation, and charcuterie. Our grand opening on February 29 was a smash. We were beginning to book an impressive list of private and public events, and had regular customers join us daily. It was exhilarating to see our friends and neighbors enjoy themselves at the newest spot in town.

    Virus lands
    Then everything unraveled two weeks later. As of March 19, Dallas County Health & Human Services has seen 74 cases of COVID-19, and that includes 2 cases in Richardson.

    We were aware of COVID-19, and began taking extra precautions: sanitizing chairs, tables, and the bar every hour, disinfecting contact surfaces, diligently washing our hands. It turned out to be not enough.

    On Monday, March 16, following a measure enacted by Dallas County, we were forced to close our doors, suddenly sending an amazing family of staff home. We are paying all employees through March 21, including the staff at our 41-year-old bar next door, Forum Country Club.

    One of our partners has offered some staff a job at his printer business until we can re-open, and we’re doing whatever we can to help.

    In the meantime, we've applied for governmental loans, and are working on other strategies such as gift certificates and live-streaming cocktail demos for our customers stuck at home.

    It’s taking a little while to reconfigure since we are so new, but we are trying to keep everything afloat.

    Bars need help
    Our bar is just one of hundreds of thousands of places across the nation who stand to lose everything, but if we can collectively get COVID-19 under control in the next several weeks, our community may be able to cautiously reopen their doors.

    I'm hearing about the trillion-plus dollar economic stimulus plan that includes casinos and airlines, the latter who squandered their profits on stock buybacks over the last 10 years. But there is virtual silence on how this will aid the hospitality industry. Somewhere around 20 million Americans work in hospitality and leisure, where nearly all jobs vanished overnight, and this doesn’t include the food and beverage distributors whose customer base has dried up.

    Cafes, pubs, coffee shops, and distilleries are the street level meeting places and performance halls of our neighborhoods. To preserve these vital parts of our community, the entire industry needs equitable and accessible economic aid packages for restaurants and bars, both big and small.

    One meaningful option would be the deferral of Texas sales tax collected from drinks sold in February. In addition to sales tax, bars also pay a 6.7 percent mixed beverage gross receipts tax — paid by the business, not its customers.

    There's a petition on change.org asking the state of Texas to cancel or delay Mixed Beverage Gross & Sales Taxes, and/or Sales tax for a period of time. "Payment of these taxes will undoubtedly cause even greater financial burden on already struggling businesses that are closing or being forced to close to stop the outbreak," it says. "This delay or cancel of tax will provide financial relief immediately to businesses that will file to pay the March 20th tax due. Federal tax credits at the end of this year will not help cash flow, but cessation of beverage taxes can help NOW."

    Rent is also a major issue. And it's going to be an apocalyptic reality for many landlords if they're not flexible right now.

    The restrictions against public gatherings, which affects our bar, are set to extend through the end of April. If that date is a reality, we'll hire back as many of our original staff as possible, and bring on new people as quickly as we can. We're luckier than some in that we are a small operation and can reopen in just a few days notice.

    I worry that bigger operators, with huge rent and overhead, will crash and burn if this goes on too long.

    We were thrilled to have founded a place for our community. We hope to be a vital part of our neighborhood in the near future.

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    Legislative news

    Texas governor intercedes with last-minute save on sales of THC

    Associated Press
    Jun 23, 2025 | 9:21 am
    The THC limit in medical cannabis products is also increasing.
    Photo courtesy of TOCC
    The Texas cannabis industry is safe.

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill Sunday to ban all THC consumables, allowing the booming market flush with THC-infused vapes, gummies and other products to continue to be sold across the state.

    Abbott, a Republican, waited until the final moment to veto the bill in what would have been one of the most restrictive THC bans in the country and a significant blow to the state’s billion-dollar industry.

    The law would have made it a misdemeanor to own, manufacture, or sell consumable THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, products and was the latest push by states to regulate THC after a 2018 federal law allowed states to regulate hemp, a similar plant to marijuana that can be synthetically processed to produce THC, the compound giving marijuana its psychoactive properties.

    Loopholes in existing law have allowed many THC-infused goods to enter the market across the country, including states with strict marijuana laws.

    Texas has some of the strictest marijuana laws in the country, prohibiting all recreational use and providing a limited medical marijuana program. The consumables market has allowed residents to legally access goods giving a similar high to marijuana.

    Republican lawmakers have criticized the products as dangerous due to a lack of federal oversight in how the goods are manufactured. Texas’ ban is one of the more far-reaching among states that have taken similar steps. Several states, including California, have imposed age limits and restrictions on the potency of THC products.

    Critics of the Texas bill say it allows people who cannot access marijuana through the state’s medical marijuana program to acquire goods that can provide a similar relief. Many retailers across the state also pointed to the thousands of jobs and millions in revenue the industry brings each year.

    Last year, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would have put age restrictions on THC consumables, claiming it would hurt small businesses.


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