St. Mary's Co. Eleven of 12 Businesses Pass Alcohol Compliance Checks

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The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Alcohol Enforcement Unit recently conducted a series of alcohol compliance checks at 12 businesses in central and southern St. Mary’s County. Eleven of the establishments were found to be compliant, while only one business failed to ask an underage person for identification.

The covert compliance checks were conducted on Friday, April 21, 2023, at 3 pm starting in Leonardtown for the second annual Leonardtown Luau, utilizing an underage individual. The 20-year-old was wearing plain clothes and was directed to enter each establishment to order an alcoholic beverage at the bar or while seated at a table.

Of the 12 businesses visited, 11 (92 percent) were found in compliance with Maryland law and required identification from the underage person. One business failed to ask for identification or failed to corroborate the person’s age and the underage individual was able to purchase an alcoholic beverage underage.

Businesses found in compliance were: Antoinette’s Garden in Leonardtown; Brudergarten in Leonardtown; Olde Town Pub in Leonardtown; Slice House in Leonardtown; The Slice House II Go in Leonardtown; Social Coffeehouse & Speakeasy in Leonardtown; Sweetbay Restaurant and Bar in Leonardtown; The Rex in Leonardtown; Beacon Liquors in Callaway; Tacos Hacienda in Callaway and Cooks Liquors and Groceries in Park Hall.

The one business found to be in violation was The Front Porch in Leonardtown.

The alcohol violation report was forwarded to the St. Mary’s County Alcohol Beverage Board for review.

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[DaSDGuy]

"The one business found to be in violation was The Front Porch in Leonardtown."

Not a good image, especially with the bar across the street passing the test.

 

[Kyle]

Their time would be better spent monitoring and cleaning up the drug infested ####hole that is Lexington Park, catching shoplifters or shadowing the DC tagged cars that flock down here nightly.

 

[TPD]

I've always said the liquor board has way too much power - almost god-like power. Why send the compliance police in (and a trap at that with someone who looks older than they really are) during a special event when there is more business and the wait staff is more stressed than normal? Is underage sales really as prolific as in the past? I think not. Unlike my high school days of the 80s where you knew of the places to go for alcohol, I just don't believe anyone is doing that today. I'm guessing it is more of a mistake than common practice to sell to underage people. If we think it's a problem, just set up a snitch line like we did with Covid and only check those places that people are reporting. Tell me if I'm wrong. Do you think underage sales is an issue? Are we going to start compliance checks on underage mary jane sales as well? An article I read this morning says that teenage pot use is at all time highs.

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