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Oceanaire renewal cleared with reluctant one-year term after board debate over intoxication findings
Summary
The board approved a one-year renewal for the Oceanaire Seafood Room despite unsettled questions about whether staff served an intoxicated patron linked to a later fatal crash; the company paid a settlement and said it would increase training and vigilance.
The Local Alcoholic Beverage Board of Marion County voted Sept. 2 to renew the license for Oceanaire Seafood Room (30 S. Meridian St.) for one year after extended discussion about a settled excise action tied to a fatal motor-vehicle crash.
Alex Intermill of Bose McKinney & Evans, representing Oceanaire’s operator, explained that the company and state prosecutor reached a settlement for a set of excise violations that included allegations of service to an intoxicated person and employee-permit records. Intermill said the prosecutor removed language in the settlement that…
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