A popular North Shore restaurant and bar is looking at a steep fine or three-day suspension for violations to the city’s beer ordinance.
Mike’s Hole in the Wall was handed a $1,750 fine or suspension by the city’s Beer and Wrecker Board Thursday for an incident on Thursday, July 26, when officers responded to the restaurant and arrested two minors for underage drinking and saw people doing keg stands in the parking lot, according to statements.
One of the minors arrested was outside the bar, at 525 Cherokee Blvd., and taken into custody by another officer but no details were given on that minor’s arrest. Chattanooga Police Officer Jeff Buckner was at the board meeting and said he found a 20-year-old drinking inside the bar that night, too. Buckner said he took the beer from the minor, but the minor went and got another beer, which led to his arrest.
The 20-year-old allegedly told Buckner that security never asked him for his ID before he walked in, but video provided by Mike’s Hole in the Wall shows a different story.
The video shows the minor stopped outside of the restaurant’s front door and it appears he is showing an ID to a security guard. John McClellan, owner of Mike’s Hole in the Wall, and his lawyer said they believe it was a fake ID that their guard was not able to catch.