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    Grandview Hop Adds Beer Garden, Lifts Open Container Laws

    If you’ve attended the monthly Grandview Hop event in the past and thought that it would be nice to carry a glass of wine or bottle of beer with you as you strolled from shop to shop, then you’ll be pleased to learn that you can finally get your wish. Members of Grandview Heights City Council voted to lift open container law restrictions during the July, August and September editions of this event to allow both a pop-up beer garden, as well as a sip-and-stroll environment for attendees.

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    “Grandview Hop has been going on a number of years, and at the beginning of the season we were talking about different ideas to make it pop awhile still being specific to the area,” explained Derek Grosso, President and Founder of CYP Club, the young professionals organization that now manages Grandview Hop. “The CYP Club has been hosting a summer bar crawl for the past five years, so we wondered what it might look like if our afterparty of 500 people from that event could combine with the Hop for a beer garden setup.”

    Grosso said that he approached the Mayor’s Office, City Council and the Department of Parks and Recreation in Grandview Heights, and everyone thought it was a great idea for an addition to the event. He said that the permitting process had a precedent from similar events where open container bans have been lifted in the city, like the Tour de Grandview bike race.

    “The Grandview area has become a hotspot for local beer, with nearby breweries like Zauber, Four String and Knotty Pine,” added Grosso. “We think this addition to the event will be a great way to serve beer, feature local breweries, bring people to Grandview from the CYP bar crawl, work with city government, work with businesses and work with some charity partners in the community.”

    The Grandview Hop Beer Garden will sell local beers for $4 each this Saturday, July 25th from 5pm to 9pm, with proceeds going to the TriVillage Mentor League. Guests can carry their beers up and down the Grandview Avenue strip between First Avenue and the north border of the city limits, just south of Third Avenue (signs will be posted).

    For more information, visit www.grandviewhop.com.

    Correction (Aug. 19): The original version of this article included an incorrect statement that Grandview Hop attendees would be able to purchase drinks from neighborhood restaurants and bars and carry those drinks outside. That practice is not allowed.

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