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Ottawa revokes Zeller Inn’s liquor license after series of violations · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Ottawa revokes zeller Inn's liquor license after series of violations.
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  Written by Bill Frescoes, this article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlet. Ottawa has
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  revoked the liquor license for the zeller Inn following a
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  series of violations spanning more than a year. City officials
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  announced on Monday. The longtime bar and grill in downtown
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  Ottawa officially got its license revoked on Friday, May one,
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  after being cited multiple times by the Ottawa Police Department.
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  According to a notice from the office of the city's
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  Liquor License Commissioner, on December twenty to twenty twenty four,
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  police observe two violations for permitting a person under twenty
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  one years of age to remain in a liquor establishment.
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  On January twenty fourth, twenty twenty five, zeller Inn reached
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  an agreement with the Liquor Commissioner to pay a fine
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  and undergo a review of the city's Escalating Penalties ordinance.
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  Additional violations were recorded March nineteenth and March twenty third,
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  twenty twenty five, for operating outside permitted opening and closing hours.
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  On April twenty first, twenty twenty five, zeller again reached
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  an agreement with the city, resulting in a seven day
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  suspension of the liquor license and a one thousand dollars fine,
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  along with another review of escalating penalties. The most recent
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  violation occurred April eighteenth, when police again cited the establishment
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  for allowing a person under twenty one on the prefaces.
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  On April thirtieth, the liquor commissioner and license holder reached
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  an agreement to revoke the license. Notably, there was a
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  shooting right which hospitalized a man on April eighteenth, However,
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  it doesn't appear that the incident was part of the revocation.
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  Zeller End's owners were not immediately available for comment as
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  of Monday afternoon.