Council rejects bid to regulate music choices at Dinkytown bar

An attempt to dictate what style of music a Dinkytown restaurant can play sparked a lively debate on free speech at Friday’s Minneapolis City Council meeting.

Third Ward Council Member Diane Hofstede sought to amend a liquor license agreement between the city and the Loring Pasta Bar that would stipulate that any live music played at the bar on Mondays and Tuesdays would be the same style as that which is performed there the rest of the week. But that struck 10th Ward Council Member Ralph Remington, who represents dozens of bars in the Uptown area, as unreasonable.

“Can we regulate this?