Dave & Buster’s Restaurant Loses Liquor License For Serving 4 People 27 Drinks In 90 Minutes

A Massachusetts Dave & Buster’s restaurant had its liquor license suspended after a bartender allegedly served a group of four people as many as 27 drinks in 90 minutes.

The alleged overserving of the customers at the popular sports chain's Braintree, Mass., location resulted in two men being placed in protective custody. One of the men had a blood alcohol level of .19 more than eight hours later, the Patriot Ledger reported.

The restaurant patrons had been drinking at home prior to visiting the Dave & Buster’s location and had a tab at the restaurant of 27 drinks over the course of an hour and a half that included 22-ounce beers and shots of hard liquor, Officer Brendan McLaughlin said, as reported by the Patriot Ledger.

McLaughlin, who was working a paid detail at the bar on March 5, said he saw one of the men nearly fall over. The second man also appeared to be intoxicated, prompting McLaughlin to place them in protective custody, according to the news outlet.

McLaughlin also said he saw one of the men turn down a shot of liquor, which the bartender set aside and later served. One of the men did not have any identification.

After five hours in protective custody, one of the men still had a BAC of .13, with the other blowing .19 after more than eight hours in custody -- nearly 2 1/2 times the state’s legal limit of .08 to drive, the Patriot Ledger said.

The Dave & Buster’s restaurant lost its liquor license for two days, April 28-29, due to the incident. The company’s lawyer, Albert DeNapoli, blamed the overserving on a “rogue bartender,” who was later fired for the incident, the news outlet said.

The restaurant maintains that the group served could have included as many people as seven people, while the police said it was a party of four, according to the news outlet.