Summit deal on hold
The Summit's change of ownership deal has been delayed.
Andrew White, who applied for a liquor license for the Summit Restaurant & Bar, 10 S. Clinton St., said he doesn't plan on purchasing the bar in the near future.
"At this point, it's done," the owner of AKA White Inc. said. "I don't see it moving any further."
White applied for the liquor license in early August, and the item just recently made it on the Iowa City City Council's budget. Since then, a deal between White and Mike Porter, the bar's current owner, came to a halt.
City Clerk Marian Karr said the council received an "intent to purchase," but it still needs a signed copy of the lease before the council can send the paperwork to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division to make the final decision.
But for White, there is no current deal pending on the downtown establishment.
"I've moved on to other ventures," he said.
— by Mitchell Schmidt
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