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Article: CORNED BEEF'S LIQUOR LICENSE SUSPENDED
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- January 28, 2006
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No one will be drinking at one of the Roanoke Valley's largest and
busiest watering holes this weekend, because Corned Beef & Co. is
weathering a five-day suspension of its alcohol license, coupled
with a $15,000 fine, for alcoholic beverage-control violations.
And when it reopens, management is pledging strict enforcement of
the rules designed to keep intoxicated people from having another
drink.
The 20-year-old restaurant, which regularly draws 400 to 800
people on weekend evenings, closed Friday through Tuesday rather than
operate dry, co-owner Roger Neel said Friday. The closing will cost
the business tens of thousands of dollars in sales, while idling up
to 40 employees per shift, ...