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King's X Bar Reopens With New Liquor License Serving Customers Kai Porter / KTSM News May 21, 2009 - 7:11am Even before the sun went down on a Wednesday night, the bartenders were busy serving up drinks to a crowded bar. After a 4 month wait, loyal customers of the King's X are finally celebrating its reopening. Owner Ted Aikman says he's made changes to make sure his bar isn't shut down again. In January, the TABC pulled the bar's liquor license saying its employees over served a customer. That customer allegedly hit and killed a couple driving home from the bar back in 2007. A few weeks after it closed, a truck crashed into front of the bar, destroying the entrance. Aikman had to rebuild and get financing before reapplying for a new liquor license. He says all his staff is now trained by the state and he plans to have more employee meetings to talk about ways his staff can handle customers who have had too much to drink. For the next year, the King's X will have to close at midnight when other bars can stay open until 2. |
| West El Paso Bar Re-opens with New TABC License Posted: May 20, 2009 09:43 PM MDT Posted by Armando Saldivar, KDBC 4 News doors. For this business, nearly a half century in the Sun City was reason enough to reopen their doors. Getting back to work couldn't come soon enough for owner Ted Aikman. After 46 years, the family business has created an extended family of sorts. "I had made a deal with the TABC back in November to shut down for three months and do some extra education and everything, which was no problem. I appreciate doing that and trying to make El Paso's a safer city" He said. The bar was closed facing accusations from the TABC of over-serving customers after a customer killed two people with his car after drinking at the bar. It was a situation that some customers say unjustly targeted King's X. "I didn't think it was fair. It something that happens to a million other bars around here. I think they got picked on" said Jennifer Keffer, King's X patron. Making matters worse, a truck crashed into a wall while it was closed. But with 20 or 30 inquiries every day the re-opening was made possible thanks to word of mouth and employees who look at their position as more than a job. "The staff has been here forever, so everyone knows everyone and we're glad that it's open again" said Jerry Kidd, King's X patron. Others, so loyal to King's X, say they refused to go anywhere else until it re-opened. "I wouldn't go out to any other bar 'cause Teddy's a good friend of mine. We're family here, and it was fun coming here and opening this place back up" said Henry Enriquez, King's X patron. |