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Council imposes $500 penalty on White Bears Liquor after failed underage tobacco compliance check

5875743 · June 18, 2025
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Summary

St. Paul’s Department of Safety and Inspections requested adverse action after a clerk sold cigarettes to an underage buyer; the licensee admitted the facts and asked council for leniency, but council adopted a first-time matrix penalty of $500.

The St. Paul City Council approved a $500 penalty against the tobacco and off-sale liquor license held by 7 White Bears Liquor LLC (doing business as White Bears Liquor) for failing a state-mandated underage tobacco compliance check.

Teresa Scarda, representing the Department of Safety and Inspections, told the council an 18-year-old underage purchaser…

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