18 Businesses Pass Liquor Sting In Forest Grove

FOREST GROVE, OR — Nearly 20 businesses in Forest Grove last week helped the city reach 100 percent compliance during an Oregon Liquor Control Commission-led undercover minor decoy operation to test whether local businesses would sell liquor to minors.

The May 24 mission was reportedly part of an "on-going collaborative effort to enforce laws related to the unlawful furnishing of alcohol to minors and to discourage underage drinking," according to Forest Grove police Capt. Mike Hall.

Previously a rare occurrence, obtaining 100 percent compliance appears to be the current standard for Forest Grove.

A check of 26 businesses in November returned a 100 percent compliance rate as well.

"It is rare to have a 100 percent compliance rate," Hall told Patch in an email last November. "I have no recollection of hearing of such a successful operation conducted by our department."

Now they've done it twice.

These are the 18 businesses that successfully failed to sell alcohol to undercover decoys:

• Safeway
• Rainbow Lanes
• Bites Restaurant
• Mandarin China Restaurant
• Super Mercado La Montana
• Diamond Palace
• Plaid Pantry #20
• Pac Thai Restaurant
• Katz Billiards
• God Father’s Pizza
• Forest Grove Arco
• Jade Green Palace
• 7-11
• Prime Time Restaurant
• Grampy’s Deli
• Forest Grove Sushi
• Hello Market
• Plaid Pantry #99

For information on employee training programs and other questions related to OLCC laws and regulations, visit Oregon.gov/OLCC.

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