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Drink Up at Como's; Liquor License Reinstated

After a temporary suspension, everything is back to normal at Como's Restaurant & Pizzeria.

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FERNDALE, MI – Just in time for New Year’s, the booze is flowing again at Ferndale’s landmark Como’s Restaurant & Pizzeria, which temporarily lost its liquor license over a bounced check to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.

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Owner George Grego told the Detroit Free Press Tuesday that everything was back to normal at the 61-year-old culinary mainstay on Woodward at Nine Mile.

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Grego said a letter from the state informing him of the bounced check “basically fell through the cracks.”

Police arrived at the restaurant a week ago to pull Como’s license. Because of the Christmas holiday, Grego wasn’t able to to reach state regulatory officials until Monday, when he drove to Lansing and paid two invoices totaling $1,028.40.

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The fines also included a penalty for serving a minor in November 2014. The restaurant’s license was reinstated after the fines were paid.

On Facebook, Como’s said that “after a slight hiccup, we are back to #serving.”

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