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Restaurant’s alcohol license yanked over Facebook pictures

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

A Kennesaw restaurant had its license to serve alcohol revoked today after pictures of underage drinkers were posted on Facebook.

The Cobb County Commission approved a recommendation to revoke the license held by Mi Pueblo Mexican Restaurant on Town Center Drive following a show cause hearing requested by the county license review board.

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Cobb County police cited Mi Pueblo last September for serving alcohol to patrons under 21. The restaurant is located near Kennesaw State University and is frequented by students.

Police investigated the restaurant following a written complaint, and after viewing photos of minors drinking at the restaurant that were posted on the social networking site.

Several restaurant employees also did not possess valid work permits, Detective Chip Mercier told commission members.

Ricardo Bernal, the assistant manager and son of Mi Pueblo owner Jesus Bernal, said his father put his life savings into the restaurant.

“All he wanted was a better future for our family,” Bernal said.

“I have been in the U.S. for a long time. I’ve always worked,” Jesus Bernal said through an interpreter. “This is basically the future for me and my kids.”

Cobb Commissioner Tim Lee said the authorities cannot look the other way when local ordinances are violated.

Comments

By ???

Mar 12, 2009 12:48 PM | Link to this

maria go **** off you stupid spick and go practice your jumping the boarder skills else where *****..

By ???

Mar 12, 2009 12:47 PM | Link to this

maria go **** off you stupid spick and go practice your jumping the boarder skills else where *****..

By Maria

Dec 17, 2008 10:11 PM | Link to this

Look all yah white trash mother ******* (fucking red necks) just because were all mexicans dosent mean that were all immagrants.And yah dont know what went on in the resturant dont be saying **** cause yah are just ******* racies we do everything around here without us it wont be america cause who are the ones that make ur houses and buisnesses we do the MEXICANS!.So yah need to get a ******* life and stop talking bout us.Because yah are just bunch of white crackers that talk lots of **** so all of yah go burn in hell!!! and again go get a ******* life!!.

By Amy

Nov 16, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

"be better trained or be required to buy better technology to aid in catching fake ID's. Because college kids will always find a way in to bars."....

No, the servers at Mi Pueblo give drinks to underage students knowing they are underage. Many of my friends go there simply because they know that the waiters think they're hot, and don't even ask to see an ID because they know they're underage. It's notorious for being the place to go if you want to get hosed and not be carded.

By kabir muhammed

Nov 16, 2008 4:28 AM | Link to this

One can not speak American, but they can speak English. I would not recommend that you go back to school to learn Mexican, but see if you can pick up Spanish. It is not possile to speak either American or Spanish. Y...Required I think your racism flared up a bit in your comments. It is this type of prejudice that is holding the country back even to this day. This should not even be discussed what ethnicity they were. They served alcohol to minors and had their license revoked which should be the case. Comments such as his staff are "border jumping" and "Lock up all these Mexicans! None of them can speak American anyway. I'm a Georgia Tech graduate and I'm sure not going back to school to learn Mexican." are wrong. You do Tech a great unjustly diservice by claiming it. Why can not we be happy that authorties did their jobs by looking out for the sake of these kids?

By Lou

Nov 14, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this

Funny, you guys are given a story of how a resturant sells drugs to children and you go off on immigration...that's how f/u society is on dealing with teen liquid drug use...

By Tim

Nov 12, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

kAREY... You are incorrect in your statement to Ms. Boyett about the English test. In 1917 the government imposed a literacy test that required immigrants to read a passage of 40 words, but were allowed to do so in the native language. Other than medical tests that's all I've ever read in terms of requirements at Ellis Island.

By Miss S

Nov 12, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Does he think because he stated ""I been in the U.S. for a long time. Iıve always worked,ı" and "ıThis is basically the future for me and my kids.ı" that this would hold any merit when breaking the law. He isn't ignorant. He just thought he was smart enough to get over on this country that he has been in for a long time. There is nothing wrong with his English. He, his family and all of his illegal workers were in on it. They knew who they were serving to. He just reacted like all criminals do when they get caught.....play dumb and pretend your'e the mistreated victim. Just watch, in court he's going to act like he doesn't understand. So why does he even have a business? Much of his illegal staff is probably border jumping family members sent for by him.

By Miss S

Nov 12, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Does he think because he stated ""I been in the U.S. for a long time. Iıve always worked,ı" and "ıThis is basically the future for me and my kids.ı" that this would hold any merit when breaking the law. He isn't ignorant. He just thought he was smart enough to get over on this country that he has been in for a long time. There is nothing wrong with his English. He, his family and all of his illegal workers were in on it. They knew who they were serving to. He just reacted like all criminals do when they get caught.....play dumb and pretend your'e the mistreated victim. Just watch, in court he's going to act like he doesn't understand. So why does he even have a business? Much of his illegal staff is probably border jumping family members sent for by him.

By Mike

Nov 12, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

Brs... If you would read, the police investigated after receiving a written complaint and viewing pictures on Facebook. They send in undercover officers under the legal drinking age who were then served alcohol.

The literate Mexican owner who canıt even speak to customers who are in this country legally and hires people who are criminals could care less about the laws of this country. His primary concern is to see how much money he can make to support criminal employees and his criminal enterprise. It would be great if this puts another illegal out of business.

Daveı We donıt need to build prisons where we provide these people free room and board unless they have committed a violent crime. We need to send them back to Mexico where they belong.

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