It'll be a weekend without alcohol at 21 Commerce. It's going to be a dry weekend at 21 Commerce and The Loft Live in downtown Tacoma. The martini bar-restaurant and nightclub's liquor license is suspended today through Monday. "We got spanked," a guy sweeping up outside martini 21 Çommerce said this morning. A bunch of orange suspension notices are taped the venue's Commerce Street, 21st Street and Pacific Avenue windows. According to the State Liquor Control Board, 21 Commerce served booze to an under-age patron on Feb. 22. The penalty: no alcohol sales for four days, from 10 a.m. today until 10 a.m. Tuesday. The last time 21 Commerce got caught selling booze to an under-age patron, on April 13, 2007, it paid a $375 fine. The 2007 violation was a result of a compliance check by the Tacoma Police Department and the state Local Control Board using investigative operatives between ages 18 and 20. The Liquor Control Board says door security personnel allowed one of its under-age undercover operatives into 21 Commerce/The Loft after checking that person’s identification. Then, the Liquor Control Board says, a bartender sold liquor to that under-age, undercover operative. February’s violation occurred after an under-age undercover operative gained admission to 21 Commerce/The Loft without being asked for identification, according to the Liquor Control Board’s report. The Tacoma Police Department says it’s served The Loft with a chronic no ...
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It'll be a weekend without alcohol at 21 Commerce. It's going to be a dry weekend at 21 Commerce and The Loft Live in downtown Tacoma. The martini bar-restaurant and nightclub's liquor license is suspended today through Monday. "We got spanked," a guy sweeping up outside martini 21 Çommerce said this morning. A bunch of orange suspension notices are taped the venue's Commerce Street, 21st Street and Pacific Avenue windows. According to the State Liquor Control Board, 21 Commerce served booze to an under-age patron on Feb. 22. The penalty: no alcohol sales for four days, from 10 a.m. today until 10 a.m. Tuesday. The last time 21 Commerce got caught selling booze to an under-age patron, on April 13, 2007, it paid a $375 fine. The 2007 violation was a result of a compliance check by the Tacoma Police Department and the state Local Control Board using investigative operatives between ages 18 and 20. The Liquor Control Board says door security personnel allowed one of its under-age undercover operatives into 21 Commerce/The Loft after checking that person’s identification. Then, the Liquor Control Board says, a bartender sold liquor to that under-age, undercover operative. February’s violation occurred after an under-age undercover operative gained admission to 21 Commerce/The Loft without being asked for identification, according to the Liquor Control Board’s report. The Tacoma Police Department says it’s served The Loft with a chronic no ...