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Patelia Curry found culpable on multiple violations; commissioners suspend alcohol license for March 2025 and assess $100 fine
Summary
After a contentious inspection in which the server reacted angrily, the board found Patel Potalia Curry Culture LLC (Potalia Curry) culpable of selling to a minor, Sunday sale, failing to have a trained person on premises and lack of cooperation; the board suspended the license for March 2025 and assessed a $100 statutory fine.
The Carroll County Board of License Commissioners found Patel Potalia Curry Culture LLC, trading as Potalia Curry (33140 Village Road, Unit 19, Westminster), culpable on multiple counts stemming from a Nov. 10, 2024 compliance check and voted to suspend the establishment—s alcohol license for the month of March 2025 and assess a $100 fine under the applicable statutory provision.
Inspector Sherry Warner reported that an underage volunteer entered the restaurant on Nov. 10, 2024, and returned with a closed bottle of Kingfisher Lager. Warner said a male employee initially denied the receipt—s name matched him, became enraged, yelled at the inspector and patrons, and at one point moved within inches of the inspector—s face. Warner described the incident as volatile and said she would not send another volunteer in for a recheck the same day because of safety concerns.
Licensee Reshma Vaid testified she was nearby and said the server (identified in reports as Bintu/Sood/Pinto in varying spellings) had not been certified at the time and that she had since required training for all employees. Vaid acknowledged the sale and apologized; she described staffing challenges and said some employees— certifications had expired and she arranged group recertification after the incident.
During closed-session consultation with counsel, commissioners weighed the seriousness of the multiple violations, including disrespectful and threatening conduct toward an inspector, the Sunday sale, sale to a minor and failure to have a trained person on premises. Commissioners noted the new state law provision requiring a trained person on-site and that local rule language was being updated.
The board resolved to find the licensee culpable on the principal charges (sale to a minor; Sunday sale; failure to have a trained person on premises; failure to cooperate). The board dropped a duplicative finding related to personal-identification wording. For the training-on-premises violation (a statutory violation subject to its own fine schedule), counsel advised a $100 statutory fine; the board chose not to suspend for that statutory item but imposed a one-month suspension of the license in March 2025 as the primary operational sanction covering the event’s gravity and cumulative violations.
The licensee was informed of appeal rights and deadlines; staff will issue written notice of the decision and the licensee has 30 days in which to appeal.
