MASON CITY – The Iowa Alcohol Beverage Division has imposed a $1,500 fine against the Kozy Corner bar located at 1402 North Federal Avenue. In addition, the Iowa Alcohol Beverage Division suspended the bars’ liquor license for 30 consecutive days for a 2nd offense in a two year period of sales of alcohol to a minor.
The suspension is set to start at 6 AM on Monday, January 14th and end on 6 AM on Monday, February 13th.
According to the complaint, an employee or agent of the Kozy Korner sold or supplied a person under the legal age an alcoholic beverage on May 31st, 2011 causing the upcoming suspension of their license to sale liquor. The complaint also pointed to a previous violation on September 16th, 2009 for the same offense.
don’t need to look much further than the jukebox selections. They have both kinds of music, country and western.
This is not even news. Certainly not “Headline News”. Kozy Korner does not intentionally serve underage drinkers but mistakes are made. Hopefully the sting operations chose their targets fairly.
1. To be convicted of an offense against Iowa Code you have to show intent.
2. These so called sting operations are announced in advance and published in news media week before the day of the week they will be conducted.
3. They are performer during the day when bars are least busy.
4. Each minor working with the PD has their real ID, all they have to do is ask for….I know hard concept but……ID.
5. If a local business gets shut down for multiple violations of the law…..and happens to be the only one in the county……yeah that is headline news.
Didnt someone get a hammer handle to the head in that area there a few years ago?
I’ve always been a fan — lots of good times there. Hopefully, things will get back to normal there after the suspension.
unlike across the street, this is a clean, fight free, and basically trouble free bar. very few really young customers. the punishment for two set ups (stings) of loosing 1/12 of a years income for an employees error seems pretty severe to me!
It is a shame that an employee could cause this by their lack of judgement. Even though I do not go there there are a lot of other people that do. The Kozy has been there as long as I can remeber (which is a long time) and I hope it will reopen.
Damn North End!