Three Chattanooga businesses – two clubs and one restaurant – will have to suspend beer sales in the coming weeks due to underage drinking, employees drinking and overcrowding.
Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint at 818 Georgia Ave. was handed a three-day suspension of beer sales after an employee was in a wreck because she was driving under the influence after drinking at the downtown restaurant, officers said.
A Chattanooga police officer told board members at their meeting Thursday that he responded to the wreck over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, and the woman – a bartender – said she had been drinking while at work. Within Chattanooga city limits, employees are not allowed to drink at their place of work whether or not they are on or off the clock.
Officer Bo Allison said the woman first stated she had an alcoholic beverage and shots at the restaurant but then she changed it to two alcoholic beverages and shots.
“Then with the threats, stating that if I came into her business then she would spit into my burger and other threats toward me,” he said.