Quality Mart may lose liquor license after St. Patrick’s Day bust

What will happen to Leo the cat?

Every BU student knows that Quality Mart is the mecca for all underage drinking endeavors. Unfortunately, the police have figured that out too.

On Friday, officials from the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission were stationed at Quality Mart on 21 Massachusetts Ave., and discovered, “122 minors in possession, transporting or attempting to purchase alcoholic beverages and 112 individuals in possession of false identification.”

The reportedly confiscated 134 bottles of wine and spirits and 49 cases of beer from customers between the ages of 18 and 20 years old.

This investigation could lead to the end of an era for many underaged college students. Quality Mart’s liquor license is pending, and the owner has been charged with selling alcohol to minors and is summonsed to appear before the alcohol commission.

What’s going to happen to Quality Mart? We’ll just have to wait and see…until then, I’ll be looking for a new liquor store.

As Nilo Asgari (CAS ’19) said, “Don’t cry because Quality Mart is over…smile because it happened.”

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