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Code Violation At Burr Ridge Nightspot?

The bar is subject to "active administrative enforcement proceedings," the village said.

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Are We Live, which is in Burr Ridge's County Line Square, has been advertising DJs for more than a month. It lacks a permit for live entertainment.
Are We Live, which is in Burr Ridge's County Line Square, has been advertising DJs for more than a month. It lacks a permit for live entertainment. (David Giuliani/Patch)

BURR RIDGE, IL – Burr Ridge on Wednesday decided to keep secret records related to any possible code violations at Are We Live, a restaurant and bar.

In so doing, the village said the release of documents would interfere with "active administrative enforcement proceedings" involving Are We Live.

Under state law, the village can choose to withhold records in such a case.

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Are We Live lacks a permit to offer live entertainment. Yet the establishment regularly advertises that DJs are playing music.

Under the village code, DJs are considered live entertainment.

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Patch published a story earlier this week about the possible violation at Are We Live. Its owner, Filippo "Gigi" Rovito, has close ties to Mayor Gary Grasso.

Are We Live is at 312 Burr Ridge Parkway, which is part of County Line Square.

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