Redding Liquor Stores Checked For Selling to Minors

By Feroze Dhanoa and Wendy Mitchell

REDDING, CT - A check by the Department of Consumer Protection on liquor stores in Ridgefield and Redding selling alcohol to minors didn’t turn out well. The Redding Pilot reports both liquor stores in Redding failed the test conducted at the request of the police department on Dec. 4.

The checks were conducted by DCP agents with the enlisted help of a 20-year-old volunteer.

Stores that failed the test will be referred to the DCP’s liquor commission. Both police departments ordered the checks after hearing rumors of underage college students returning to town being able to purchase alcohol locally.

According to The Redding Pilot’s report, both Redding Wine & Spirits, on Black Rock Turnpike, and Georgetown Liquor Store, on Main Street failed the test.

The Department of Consumer Protection told Patch the following stores in Ridgefield also failed the compliance check:

• Ridgefield Liquor, 125 Danbury Road
• Best Cellars, 48 Danbury Road
• Route 7 Wines and Liquor, 971 Ethan Allen Highway
• Cheers Ridgefield, 393 Main Street
• Stop and Shop, Danbury Road
• West Lane Deli, 127 West Lane