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Owner Loses Liquor License Over a Penny

Liquor licenses are being suspended or re¬voked and licensees are being fined due to careless mistakes by well intentioned staff. (read more)


Owner Loses Liquor License Over 10 Seconds

It takes 10 seconds to check an i.d. If your staff isn’t trained, it’s your liquor license on the line. In Evanston, the failure of a staff member to check i.d.s led to the loss of the owner’s liquor license.
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Strippers in a Bar are HOT!!
Unless their 17 years old!! Do your managers know that even the “talent” has to be of age if
they’re going to drink? This bar received a 50 day license suspension. Can you survive a
50 day shut down? Get your Managers trained. (read more)

Would you rather train your employees or have your bar closed and then train your employees?
The choice is yours. Bar Louie wishes they had made the right choice! Train your employees now before you are forced to close and have to train your employees as part of a settlement to save you liquor license. (read more)



Fake I.D.’s Are Great
Sure, I.D.’s can be faked but if your staff is trained on how to spot them and your manager is trained on how to enforce it, you have a defense against losing your liquor license. In Tennessee, the failure of staff members to check I.D.’s broke the law. Now the owners have lost their license (read more)

Bar Owner Fined Over Drinking “Nuns”
Bar owners are being fined or getting their licenses revoked due to careless mistakes by well intentioned staff! (read more)
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Owner Loses License Over Violence
Bar owner loses liquor license after officials allege he did not take measures to prevent acts of violence from occurring at his establishment (read more)

Owner Gets Probation and Fine Over Gambling
Bar owner gets 18 months probation and a $10k fine for taking sports bets on NFL and NCAA games in his establishment. (read more)
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Jail Cell Binge
Bar owner loses liquor license after officials allege he did not take measures to prevent acts of violence from occurring at his establishment. (read more)

Bar Owners Fined Over Smoking Ban
Bar owners are being fined or getting their licenses revoked due to careless mistakes by well intentioned staff! (read more)
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Jail Cell Former Bar Owner Penalized Over Sales Tax
Former bar owner convicted for failing to pay sales tax is charged with tax fraud and sentenced to three years in jail and a $21,000 fine. (read more)

Buffalo Bar Convicted of Stealing from Customers
A Buffalo Bar was convicted of Grand Larceny when patrons who used credit cards to open tabs in the establishment complained of unauthorized charges showing on their accounts.
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loses_license Restaurant/Night Club Loses License
An Alabama establishment loses their license over several points of contention with the city council……. (read more)

Bar Loses License Due to Disorderly Conduct
The city cited 8 incidents when police were called to the bar for fights, assaults, other civil disputes or disorderly behavior. (read more)
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eureka Eureka! The Pool Hall Has Been Closed
Numerous violations found by under cover agents caused the closing of a local pool hall. (read more)

Bar Loses License Due to Disorderly Conduct
Bar owner convicted of furnishing intoxicating liquor to someone who was already drunk at his business receives a fine and a jail sentence. (read more)
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fights_underage Fights & Underage Drinkers Jeopardize License

Fights and underage drinking are to blame for a Jacksonville bar losing its alcohol license.
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Lethal Assault Could Close Local Tavern
City officials in Portsmouth are pushing to strip the liquor license from a bar where a man was hit in the head then died last month. (read more)
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sue_fake_id Proposed Bill Allows Bars to Sue Fake ID Holders

Tavern and liquor store owners may be able to turn the tables on underage drinkers if a bill that unanimously passed becomes law.
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Lethal Assault Could Close Local Tavern
Police say a northwest Indianapolis bar was cited early Sunday morning when 80 minors were found inside – some were only 13 years old. (read more)
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