Wilmington beer garden to remain open for summer

Beer will continue to flow at Wilmington's outdoor beer garden.

Delaware's alcoholic beverage control commissioner, John Cordrey, granted The Constitution Yards Beer Garden's request for a two-year license Tuesday morning. Since its opening in June, the hotspot has operated and served alcohol under several temporary license extensions.

"We're excited and relieved that we can continue operating for the rest of the summer," said Megan Mcglinchey, acting executive director of the nonprofit Riverfront Development Corp., which oversees the beer garden and other beautification efforts along the Wilmington Riverfront. "We thought that we had followed the letter of the law and followed the application and did everything that we needed to do."

Cordrey said he granted the beer garden the two-year license because he found it was "a not-for-profit entity that was entitled to a biennial gathering license under the law."