License Commission issues bar suspension
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The commission found Shannon’s Ale House in violation of licensing rules and voted 3-0 to impose a three-day suspension, with one day to be served on November 6, 2025. It also approved several liquor, restaurant, and management license requests.
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What this means
The suspension followed a compliance check that found three underage people drinking inside Shannon’s Ale House and additional underage people leaving with alcoholic beverages, including one person who appeared heavily intoxicated. The commission approved one-day liquor licenses for two events at Our Lady of Mercy and one event at 48-50 Green Street. It also approved operating licenses for Checkers and Raising Cane’s, restaurant alcohol licenses for Callo Imperial Bistro and Seabra Foods, and postponed several other matters to November meetings.
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- Voted 3-0 to find Shannon’s Ale House in violation of Rules #7 and #14 and impose a three-day suspension, with one day served on November 6, 2025.
- Approved two one-day liquor licenses for Our Lady of Mercy events on November 8 and December 31, 2025.
- Approved a one-day liquor license for Cameron Brigham’s November 1, 2025 event at 48-50 Green Street.
- Approved common victualer licenses for Checkers at 99 Gold Star Boulevard and Raising Cane’s at 494 Lincoln Street.
- Approved manager changes for Interstate Management Company locations at 72 Grove Street and 65 Prescott Street.
- Approved officer, director, and manager changes for Hurricane Betty’s at 350 Southbridge Street.
- Approved corporate, ownership, officer/director, and dba changes for Mercantile at 2 Mercantile Street.
- Approved an all-alcohol restaurant license for Callo Imperial Bistro and a malt-and-wine restaurant license for Seabra Foods.
- Postponed Taste Experience Bistro’s malt-and-wine license request and Creed Lounge’s violation matter to November 6, 2025.
- Postponed Beth’s on Grafton’s cessation-of-business hearing to November 20, 2025.
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