3 Oxford Restaurants Cited For Underage Alcohol Sales

PRESS RELEASE

Jackson, Miss. – Investigators with the Mississippi Attorney General’s Alcohol & Tobacco Enforcement Division recently conducted alcohol and beer compliance checks in Oxford and Picayune resulting in the issuance of six total citations for selling alcohol to minors.

In Oxford on October 23, the following businesses received citations when checked for compliance on selling alcohol to minors:

Frank & Marlees                      1210 Harrison Avenue            2 VIOLATIONS

Rib Cage of Oxford                 311 South Lamar Boulevard     VIOLATION    2^nd Offense w/in a year

Soulshine Pizza Factory         308 South Lamar Boulevard      VIOLATION

The following businesses in Oxford did not receive a citation when checked for compliance on selling alcohol to minors:

4 Corner Chevron                               502 South Lamar Boulevard

Double Quick #24                               1401 Jackson Avenue

Kendall’s Gas Mart                             1455 South Lamar Boulevard

Lamar Express                                   1448 South Lamar Boulevard

Lamar Lounge                                     1309 North Lamar Boulevard

Levee of Oxford                                 1008 Jackson Avenue

Proud Larry’s                                      211 South Lamar Boulevard

Sky Mart Grocery                               825 College Hill Road

Spot Store                                           1438 North Lamar Boulevard

The Corner Bar                                   1002 Jackson Avenue East

The following businesses in Oxford did not let anyone under the age of 21 inside:

Funkys                                                1012 Jackson Avenue

Rooster’s Blues House                       114 Courthouse Square

The Round Table on the Square        132 Courthouse Square

The Library                                          120 South 11^th Street

The Oxford Cellar                               135 South 10^th Street

Attorney General Hood pre-warns, “If you sell alcohol to anyone under the age of 21, you will pay a stout fine to the State between $500-$1,000 for a first offense, and if you continue to sell you could lose your permit to sell and possibly face a fine of $1,000-$2,000, and up to a year in jail. We appreciate the support and commitment of local law enforcement agencies, and I am certain that our combined efforts will vastly help reduce the sale of alcohol to underage drinkers.”

“At the core of this law is the safety of our young people. It simply states that it is illegal in Mississippi to sell alcohol to anyone under the age of 21,” said Attorney General Jim Hood.