Fili’s Pizza drops liquor store application

Fili’s Pizza has dropped its application to turn its restaurant into a liquor store, according to a story published by KYUK Public Media.
Bethel City Council issued a protest of the license in February, mainly because of the site’s location. The pizzeria sits across the street from a halfway house and a cemetery, down the street from a 4-H teen center, and near Pinky’s Park, Bethel’s largest recreational area. Also, the landscape surrounding Fili’s is bushy and wood