Article: Ohio town finally answers call for alcohol.

Byline: Craig Webb

TALLMADGE, Ohio _ For most of the country, Prohibition ended on Dec. 5, 1933.

But for Tallmadge, the beer drought didn't end until 11:12 a.m. Monday, when a bartender at Delanie's Neighborhood Grille poured the first glass from the tap.

The first sip came at 11:13 a.m., when Mayor Christopher Grimm sampled the new restaurant's Blue Devil Blonde House Beer _ a creation of Akron's own Blimp City microbrewery.

A minute later, two Tallmadge police officers walked into the restaurant to confront a momentarily startled crowd _ including a red-faced mayor.

Although it's now legal to serve alcohol in the city after ...

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