Bricktown Sports Bar Slapped With Liquor License Suspension

Liquor license suspension

Ahead of the Super Bowl, one of the biggest days of the year in American sports, the Detroiter Bar in Bricktown has had its liquor license suspended. The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced in a release that the downtown sports bar received the reprimand as a result of three documented incidents of serving alcohol to minors between August 4, 2016, and June 3, 2018. The bar’s 21-day license suspension will run from Thursday, January 24, to Wednesday, February 13.

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