Livermore Bar With Suspended License Up For Sale

LIVERMORE, CA — A Livermore bar temporarily prohibited from selling alcohol is up for sale. On Dec. 10, 2018, The Venue Bar and Lounge was listed online for $1,750,000, according to retail real estate website LoopNet.

In January, the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control temporarily suspended the license of the bar due to what ABC officials called “disorderly operations” happening in the business. According to ABC officials, between April 2017 and June 2018, police were called to the location several times for incidents such as fights, assaults, public drunkenness and disturbing the peace.

Once the suspension is lifted, the bar’s license will be on probation for three years. During the probation period, the business will be required to stop selling alcohol at 12:30 a.m. and must provide state-licensed security, ABC officials said. After the probation period, ABC officials could move to permanently revoke the business' license if similar disorderly activity continues to occur, according to department officials.

On Jan. 18, the bar posted on social media that they were “temporarily closed” and “will be doing some needed upgrades to our facility and systems.”

The phone number for the bar has been disconnected and the owner has not been reached for comment. Full listing here.

Bay City News contributed to this report.
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