Liquor is No Longer Allowed at the Riverfront Playhouse

AURORA, IL - City officials have put a stop to the “honor box” at The Riverfront Playhouse on Water Street Mall.

The not-for-profit theater has served liquor since 1978 through money raised in an honor box that supplies the cooler, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Riverfront board president Gene Scheffler commented after city officials said an establishment is required to have a license to provide alcohol, the Chicago Tribune reports.

"There's never been a problem with it. People aren't there long enough to get stupid," said Scheffler in the story. "We can't even do BYOB now," Scheffler said.

The city is teaming up with the Riverfront on a new lease agreement to reduce the theater’s monthly rent and discuss maintenance costs for the building, reports the Chicago Tribune.

"That's state law," said Carie Anne Ergo, Aurora's chief management officer. "Which is what they've been told. In order to sell alcohol, you need a license."

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