WINONA, Minn. – Tipped to under-age drinking at Sippi’s Pub & Grub, police set up tactical blocks at exits and began going table to table inside to check ages. Seeing what was happening, several groups of vulnerable drinkers scattered – some to bathrooms, some to the doors. In the end, the six-officer police team issued 10 citations. This was about 11:15 p.m. Cited were:
> Dominic A. Borecky, 18, of Pine Green, Ill., who wasn’t drinking but in possession.
> Aiden Cooper Carlson, 20, of LaCrescent, whose blood-alcohol tested at 0.08%.
> Dominic Glen Davis, 20, of Winona, 0.02%.
> Violet Ruth Hamacher, 20, of Ramsey, Minn., 0.08%.
> Becca Rose Fladek, 18, of Montgomery, Minn., who admitted consuming.
> Berlyn Arianna Giddings, 18, of Winona, 0.16%.
> Charles Thomas Kober, 18, of Janesville, Wis.., 0.03%.
> Nathan Lee Masterson, 20, of LaCrescent, 0.11%.
> Abigail Marie Turk, 20, of Altoona, Wis., 0.18%.
> Bethany Marie Zawistowfai, 20, of Winona, 0.07%.
Sippi’s Pub & Grub. At 176 East Third Street in the downtown bar district. Earlier site of Warehouse Liquor and before that a corner gas station.
Earlier compliance checks:
>Perfect score on new police check on bar compliance
> Police sting catches more illegal booze service
> Police decoy finds under-age liquor service
> Earlier: School call for all Winona bartenders, bouncers
Citations in hand, all were told to leave and not to come back until they’re the 21 legal age. Later the police reported the violations at Sissi’s to the city agency that monitors liquor licensing. The City Council, which grants liquor licenses, has authority to revoke them. At Sippi’s there clearly was a breakdown in the bouncer and server staff.