SALISBURY, Md.- A routine compliance check conducted this week by the Wicomico County Alcohol Task Force resulted in a Hebron business being cited for underage alcohol sales.
The operations involved the use of task force cadets for sales to underage persons at various licensed establishments throughout the county.
Richard Gardner, chief liquor license inspector for the Wicomico Board of [Liquor] License Commissioners, said the compliance checks took place Jan. 14, with the following business failing:
- Ocean Stop, 27430 Ocean Gateway Hebron, MD
The following businesses passed:
- Shore Stop, 1140 Parsons Road, Salisbury
- Mojo’s, 213 East Main Street, Salisbury
- Hooper’s Tap House, 1400 South Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury
- Cheers, 1324 South Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury
- Fruitland Wine Rack, 100 West Cedar Lane, Fruitland
- Red Fox, 107 South Fruitland Blvd., Fruitland
- The Edge, 300 South Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury
- Reign Restaurant and Event Center, 331 Civic Ave., Salisbury
- Ruby Tuesday, 2300 North Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury
- Ikebana Teriyaki & Sushi, 501 East Naylor Mill Road, Salisbury
- Tokyo Steak House, 2745 North Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury
- Your Pie, 2300 North Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury
- Shore Stop, 1215 Mount Hermon Road, Salisbury
- Country Farm Store, 104 East Gordy Road, Salisbury
- Buffalo Wild Wings, 2734 North Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury
- Longhorn Steakhouse, 2312 North Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury
- Autumn Grove Tiger Mart, 1801 Autumn Grove Court, Salisbury
- Shore Stop, 7126 Friendship Road, Pittsville
The Board of License Commissioners has ordered the businesses that failed the compliance checks to appear before it for a hearing on an alleged sale of an alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 years of age. The clerk who allegedly sold the alcohol will be charged by officers of the task force.
The task force is comprised of the Wicomico County Liquor License Department, Maryland State Police, the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office and the Salisbury Police Department.