ICPD Release/Hunter edit
12/14/21
The Iowa City Police Department conducted alcohol sales law compliance checks on Saturday at 33 businesses licensed to sell alcohol.
In a release from the Department, underage persons working with plainclothes officers entered businesses and attempted to illegally purchase alcoholic beverages. Twenty-four out of the 33 businesses checked refused to sell alcohol to the underage buyers.
The employees who sold the alcohol to the underage buyers in the other nine instances were each charged with “Selling Alcohol to Persons Under Age 21,” a simple misdemeanor punishable with a $645 fine for the first offense.
Additionally, all violations will be forwarded to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division for possible civil penalties against the liquor license.
The businesses that passed the compliance checks were:
DeliMart – 206 E. Benton St.
Tobacco Outlet – 923 S. Riverside Drive
Kum & Go – 955 Mormon Trek Blvd.
DeliMart – 2510 Mormon Trek Blvd.
Fast Break – 2580 Naples Ave.
Hawkeye Liquor & Tobacco – 601 Hollywood Blvd.
Casey’s – 1410 Willow Creek Drive
Kwik Star – 1907 Keokuk St.
DeliMart – 525 Hwy 1 West
Southside Liquor & Tobacco – 1921 Keokuk St.
Kum & Go – 731 S Riverside Drive
Coaches Corner – 749 Mormon Trek Blvd.
Casey’s – 370 Scott Court
North Dodge Express – 2790 Dodge St.
BP – 1920 Lower Muscatine Road
Amoco – 2153 ACT Circle
John’s Grocery – 401 E. Market St.
Bo James – 118 E. Washington St.
Summit Restaurant and Bar – 10 S. Clinton St.
The Airliner – 22 S. Clinton St.
Dublin Underground – 5 S. Dubuque St.
Sports Column – 12 S. Dubuque St.
Deadwood Tavern – 6 S. Dubuque St.
Fieldhouse Bar – 118 S. Dubuque St.
The businesses that failed the compliance checks were:
Kirkwood Liquor & Tobacco – 300 Kirkwood Ave.
Casey’s – 1904 Broadway St.
Hawkeye Convenience – 2875 Commerce Drive
Urban Fuel Express – 2580 Moss Ridge Road
Shakespeare’s – 819 First Ave.
Creekside Market – 2601 Hwy 6 East
El Ray’s Live & Dive – 211 E. Iowa Ave.
DC’s Bar – 124 S. Dubuque St.
TCB – 114 E. College St.