DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (WAFB) - A Denham Springs restaurant has lost its liquor license after city leaders decided weekly church services held there make it a church, not a restaurant.

The Mustard Seed Creamery, owned by Tim and Tasha Levert, serves food, ice cream, and wine five days out of the week. But on Sunday mornings, the space is transformed into a gathering place for worship.

That dual use is now at the center of a dispute between the owners and the Denham Springs City Council.

“If a church is regularly meeting in that restaurant, then essentially, the city attorney told me that they’re defining that restaurant as a church. She said you can’t sell alcohol because you are within 300 feet of a church,” Tim Levert said.

In a 3-2 vote last month, the council declined to renew the res

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