This Day in History: 1936-11-09
Hugo Wehmann’s fight to get a liquor license from the Mahwah Township Board for his restaurant on Route 2 (now Route 17) was successful as the decision of the NJ State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board was made public. Commissioner D. Frederick Burnet ordered the Township Board to issue the license. He ruled that the Township ordinance limiting the number of places who sold liquor to 11, the number existing at the time was unreasonable, since six of those were located near the Brake Shoe factory at the north end of the Township and that Wehmann had been operating his restaurant for six years and was located a mile away from any other place selling liquor in the municipality. (Brostow)