well. it does not make sense to go to Pearl, pay for an expensive lunch or dinner and not having the option to have a glass of wine with ur steak! and the alcohol has nothing to do with making the place "a lil more cultural" !!!! its not a bar where u find drunk people usually so ?! but the real story is that UDC is trying to sell the pearl to the goverment and there was a deal but their first condition was to cut the alcohol serive. UDC accepted but the deal was not successful :) cheers.