Alcohol board to address Olive Garden complain | Local New
by By Diane Wagner, Rome News-Tribune, staff write
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Rome’s Alcohol Control Commission will have a hearing Monday about an alleged underage alcohol sale at the Olive Garden restaurant on Turner McCall Boulevard.

The ACC — comprised of citizen appointees and Rome City Commission representatives — meets at 5 p.m. in the Sam King Room of City Hall.

Click here to read a previous story about the penalty guideline debate.

The hearing was postponed at the board’s June meeting, pending results of a Georgia Department of Revenue administrative hearing.

The DOR conducted a sting operation in late May as a follow-up to an October 2007 investigation that caught 13 Rome restaurants serving alcohol to minors. Only Olive Garden was cited in this go-round.

Temporary license suspensions for the fall violators led to heated discussion regarding penalties and a January change in the ACC membership.

The ACC also is scheduled to discuss potential revisions to its penalty guidelines and review the food-to-drink ratio at McCrobie’s, 325 Broad St.

Rome establishments serving alcohol must get at least 50 percent of their revenue from food sales.
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