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Sangria restaurant license suspended after task‑force inspection finds no operational kitchen and expired permits
Summary
Following a multi‑agency inspection on March 28, the Board of Liquor License Commissioners suspended Sangria’s license May 22 until the licensee demonstrates compliance with licensing, health and records requirements.
The Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City suspended the liquor license for Sangria (930 North Charles Street) on May 22 after a joint inspection found the kitchen nonoperational, missing hot water and absent valid licenses and permits.
The suspension matters because Sangria’s license carries a condition requiring minimum food receipts and a functioning kitchen; the suspension removes the authority to serve alcohol until the licensee verifies compliance.
Agent Taro of the Baltimore City Liquor Board described the March 28 social‑club task‑force inspection: the team found the owner unable to produce original licenses, an expired health permit and no operational kitchen. The agent reported that refrigerators contained no food, kitchen appliances were unplugged, sink pipes were duct‑taped and floor tiles were damaged. The inspector said a closure sign was posted by the health department and the establishment was left closed by task‑force staff.
Jack Danna, president of the Mount Vernon-Belvedere Association, testified that neighborhood groups had repeatedly raised concerns about the location’s lack of an operational kitchen and prior health‑code problems in renewal‑protest proceedings. The board cited the task‑force report, testimony and documents in imposing the suspension.
On the record the board found violations of Rule 4.202 (specific requirements by license type), Rule 3.034 (records) and Rule 3.081(b) (sanitation and safety) for March 28, 2025, and ordered the license suspended until the licensee demonstrates compliance with the board’s requirements and with public‑health authorities.
The board’s enforcement packet included a neighborhood letter from the Mount Vernon‑Belvedere Association and photographic exhibits. Licensing staff said the licensee had paid a prior fine earlier in March but must now produce the required original licenses, a valid health permit and evidence of a working kitchen to have the suspension lifted.
