Trendy Tongue and Groove gets a one day liquor ban

The Canberra Times brings the happy news that the Liquor Licensing Commissioner has had a bit of a win.

The last time I was in Tongue and Groove my thought after half an hour was “there’s a lot of fake tan and spandex chasing grey hair in here”. It seems the grey haired men enjoying the attention they, or at least their wallets, are getting should have a care:

Trendy Civic bar Tongue and Groove will serve a one-day ban on serving alcohol after admitting having 14 underage drinkers in its bar room on a Saturday night in June.

The ban, for 24 hours from 6pm on a Friday night, was far short of the penalty demanded by the Liquor Licensing Commissioner, who wanted the Bunda Street nightspot closed for four weekends.

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The tribunal heard that Office of Regulatory Services investigators saw two girls, whom they knew from previous dealings to be 17, sitting at a table outside the bar.

The inspectors and two police constables later found the girls inside with a group of other teenagers drinking champagne.