Jimmy Rodriguez, owner of Jimmy's Downtown (and Uptown) is feuding with Lotus owner David Rabin. Rodriguez charges that Lotus' exclusivity is responsible for it's financial losses and is technically illegal: "When you have a liquor license, you can�t choose who comes inside. The law says if you have a liquor license, you can�t discriminate. Is a person who wears a suit different than someone who wears a pair of jeans? In a day and age when some businesses are down 40 percent, we have some who are practicing this discrimination."
Rabin v. Rodriguez [Observer]