Worth Liquor Store Fails Underage Compliance Check, 17 Pass: REPORT

WORTH, IL -- Minors working undercover for the Illinois Liquor Control Commission and Worth Police Department went on a booze-buying operation last month where 18 underage compliance checks were conducted at Worth retailers and restaurants catering in alcohol sales. During the operation, five prior violators were re-tested for compliance with Illinois’s 21 and over drinking law. Only one operator failed the compliance check, Worth Food and Liquors at 11015 S. Harlem Ave.

The following Worth establishments passed the compliance check by refusing to sell liquor to the ILCC underage participants:

• MARRS MEYER AMERICAN LEGION POST 991, 11001 S DEPOT ST.
• BAR CODE 111, 7016 W 111TH ST. (1 prior violation)
• THE CHIEFTAIN, 6906-8 WEST 111TH St.
• CVS PHARMACY #8505, 6748 W 111TH ST.
• FAIRPLAY FOODS, 6620 W 111TH ST. (2 prior violations)
• ROMA CAFE, 6606 W 111TH ST.
• MULLANEY'S LIQUOR, 6903 W 111TH ST.
• ELSIE'S PLACE CAFE, 6901 W 111TH ST. (1 prior violation)
• THE CROSSING 111 SPORTS BAR & GRILL, 6959 W 111TH ST.
• HARLEM GAS & FOOD MART, 11501 S HARLEM AVE. (1 prior violation)
• AR OIL INC, 11458 S HARLEM AVE.
• DOTTY'S, 11015 S HARLEM AVE. (1 prior violation)
• WORTH BP INC, 10631 SOUTHWEST HWY.
• RACKS TAP, 10533 S SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY
• IKE'S LIQUORS, 10535 SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY
• ELI'S CAFE, 10652 S HARLEM AVE.
• WALGREENS #05924, 6430 W 111TH ST.

Throughout the year, agents of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC), local law enforcement agencies and underage participants recruited from high schools and colleges conduct ongoing compliance checks at establishments selling alcohol. The teams randomly visit liquor stores, restaurants and bars in communities around the state to check for ongoing compliance with state laws mandating that no liquor is sold to persons under 21 years old. ILCC agents also work with local and state law enforcement agents to focus on communities with a high incidence of underage liquor sales.

For more information about hearings resulting from the checks, please visit the Illinois Liquor Control Commission.