The Windbreak Loses its Appeal Over A Liquor License Violation

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commission turns down an appeal by The Windbreak over a liquor license violation.

That means the establishment will have to pay a $500 penalty.

Police say a 23-year-old woman crashed her car into a pole and was charged with DUI after leaving the bar last July.

Staff and a manager are accused of over-serving the woman.

She was removed by security at 1 a.m. and was checked on in her car.

After 2 a.m. she was involved in the crash.

Her blood alcohol level was .29 after the crash, three times above the legal limit for driving.

It is the first violation for The Windbreak.

But City Commissioner Dave Piepkorn believes the bar is on its way to losing its liquor license.

“This to me is the minor, I think they are right on the edge of losing their liquor license from my perspective as chair of the Liquor Control Board because this has been years. And they are not getting the message and it’s up to us to make sure they get the message,” said Piepkorn.

Tim O’Keeffe, attorney for The Windbreak said, “The penalities for this can become very severe very quickly. The bar has taken this serious and if we isolate this one incident, once they determined that she was obviously intoxicated they cut her off.”

The Windbreak will be the focus of the Fargo Liquor Control Board again during a special meeting on Thursday for another case of serving an obviously intoxicated person.