Steamers gets alcohol license suspended for 15 days

Steamers in Woodmont Triangle

Steamers, the bar and seafood restaurant in Woodmont Triangle, was closed Wednesday night after Montgomery County suspended its alcohol beverage license for 15 days.

According to an official notice posted on the front door, the restaurant (4820 Auburn Ave.) had its license suspended for serving alcohol outside of permitted hours. Violations of the regulation (6.4 in the Board of License Commisioners’ rulebook) generally mean a restaurant served alcohol after hours.

It’s a violation Steamers has been found guilty of before.

In June 2011, the restaurant paid a $3,000 fine and its licensees and managers were required to take a county alcohol training course after its fourth after hours violation. Available Department of Liquor Control records show Steamers was also pinged for serving after hours in August 2010.

The suspension of Steamers’ alcohol license will run from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15.

The suspension doesn’t mean the restaurant is prohibited from serving food, though the restaurant was dark and locked up Wednesday night.

Someone taped a notice on the door directing members of the D.C. Metro Chapter of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfisherman’s Association to Tyber Bierhaus (7525 Old Georgetown Rd.). The group holds regular meetings at Steamers.

In July, a new law went into effect that moved closing times one hour later for restaurants in Montgomery County. Restaurants are now able to serve alcohol until 2 a.m. during the week and 3 a.m. on the weekend. There’s also a half-hour grace period that begins at those times.

During that grace period, customers who ordered, received and paid for beverages before 2 a.m. during the week or 3 a.m. on the weekend are allowed to finish their drink. But the restaurant can’t sell more drinks and all drinks must be cleared off tables and the bar by the end of the grace period.

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