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After a month without alcohol sales, the taps at City Slickers are flowing once again.
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The bar, also known as Folsom State Slickers, lost its license in early May after Alcoholic Beverage Control officials said a bartender helped sell cocaine on-site. The bar’s owners, Michelle and Dustin Morgan, were not aware of the alleged drug sales and were not named in investigation reports reviewed by The Sacramento Bee.
The bartender, Arturo Gomez, and a patron, Terrell Hill, face multiple felony charges of distribution of a controlled substance, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office.
A temporary license was granted to the Folsom Historic District bar on Friday as the Morgans prepare to sell the establishment and transfer the license to a new owner, Michael Briggs. Under Briggs’ ownership, Michelle Morgan said, the bar will be managed by his daughter and a current manager.
While transferring the license to a new owner was the only way City Slickers could sell alcohol again, the Morgans said they had been looking to sell for more than a year.
“(Our sons) don’t like the scene. My husband and I don’t drink, they don’t want to be here anymore,” Michelle Morgan said. “We want to travel. We want to enjoy life.”
After the sale is complete, the Morgans will step away from City Slickers, a family business opened by Michelle Morgan’s father in the mid-1990s. The family will continue to operate the bar until the sale is complete on Aug. 1.
In the meantime, Michelle Morgan said staff have been working to freshen up the bar with new paint and a deep clean. She also said she was looking forward to the bar’s summer solstice party on June 27, which will feature a disc jockey.
“We just want to make it nice for Mike and his daughter, and make sure that everything looks good,” she said.
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Sales dropped about 90% without alcohol, the Morgans previously told The Bee, causing staff members to earn less in tips. The owners worked to cushion paychecks to help offset the losses. As a result, no staff members quit.
“They all worked. It would be a $30 day, and they worked their shifts every day,” she said.
The Morgans plan to move to the foothills, where Michelle Morgan wants to rescue rabbits. They’re working on building an enclosure for the animals that would allow them to burrow. Chickens are also part of the plan.
She also plans to take a vacation to Turkey, a country that reminds her of her father, who started the bar. Growing up, he was part of a military family stationed there.
“When he passed away, I don’t know why, but I really latched on to Turkey,” she said.
City Slickers will stay relatively the same under the new owner, Michelle Morgan said. The staff will remain the same, and a portrait of her father will stay on the wall, keeping the family element alive.
“I miss him,” Michelle Morgan said of her father. “That’s another reason it’s hard, like I don’t look at that painting. It makes me want to cry.”
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