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ALRC recommends nonrenewal of Red Rooster liquor and entertainment licenses after fatal crash-linked incident

3617983 · May 30, 2025
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Summary

The Alcohol License Review Committee voted to recommend nonrenewal of the Red Rooster’s alcohol and entertainment licenses to the Common Council after the licensee admitted to most allegations in the city’s complaint tied to a December incident that preceded a fatal traffic crash. The ALRC vote was 3–1 with one abstention.

The Madison Alcohol License Review Committee voted to recommend that the Common Council not renew the Red Rooster’s class B alcohol and entertainment licenses following a city-filed nonrenewal complaint and the licensee’s partial admissions.

Assistant City Attorney Zillavy presented the complaint and cited a December incident in which police reports documented significant overservice, patrons consuming alcohol after the bar’s closing time and the bar manager’s subsequent arrest in connection with a fatal motor-vehicle…

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