Berwyn Police Blotter
Minors in bar, noise, result in tickets for 26th St. establishment
May 17, 2008, 1::16 AM
A police sergeant patrolling across the street from Berwyn’s city hall heard loud music coming out of El Pescador restaurant, 6713 26th. Two more officers joined him; they saw males and females, who looked underage, attempting to leave. Police learned they were 17-year-olds. Officers spoke with a DJ, Evangelina Davis, 32, of Chicago. After turning down the volume at police request, Davis stated she was contracted by “Club Dulce"*** for an event for people under age 21. When police asked where “Club Dulce” was, she said, “This place”. The sergeant spoke with owner Leticia Montano, 24, of Cicero, and advised her of calls complaining of noise. She was cited for the noise violation, having minors present in a dram shop*, and for hosting an event for minors where alcohol is served.**
From the Berwyn city code:
*804.27 SALE OF ALCOHOL TO AND POSSESSION BY MINORS.
(e) No holder of a retail liquor dealer’s license, as provided for in this chapter, or his or her agent or employee, shall suffer or permit a person younger than twenty-one years of age to be or remain in any room or compartment adjoining or adjacent to or situated in the room or place where such licensed premises are located. This subsection does not apply to a person younger than twenty-one years of age who is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, or to any licensed premises on which the principal business is the sale of services or other commodities other than alcoholic liquor.
**
804.30 PROMOTIONAL OR SPECIAL EVENTS; PERSONS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.
No licensed premises, or any room or building adjoining such licensed premises, may be used to conduct any meeting, party, social or other type of similar event, including, but not limited to, so-called “juice bar” promotions, at which persons under the age of twenty-one years will be present and not in the company of a parent or guardian.
***
http://www.clubdulce.com/dulce
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