CLEVELAND, Ohio – Three Akron bars and one Cleveland bar were cited for violating Ohio’s coronavirus health orders since Thursday night, the Ohio Investigative Unit said.

The Cleveland bar – Blossom Lounge (7822 St. Clair Avenue) – received two citations, one on Thursday night and another on Saturday night, according to a news release from the OIU.

On Thursday night, OIU agents arrived at Blossom Lounge with members of Cleveland police, Cleveland fire and the Cleveland Department of Public Health, the news release says. The officials were initially denied entrance into the bar for about 15 minutes, and once they were allowed inside, they noticed patrons congregating without facial coverings. The bar received an administrative citation.

When agents arrived at the bar about 11:15 p.m. Saturday for a compliance check, a staff member who was outside the bar’s front door immediately went inside and locked the bar’s door, according to the OIU. Police and OIU agents knocked at the door and announced who they were, and they were eventually allowed inside.

Once inside, authorities noticed few people wearing facial coverings. They also discovered “ice cold bottles [of] beer from the trash, indicating they had been sold or delivered well past the 10 p.m. limitation,” the release states.

The three Akron bars that received citations are Mickey’s in the Valley (1310 Weathervane Lane), Highland Tavern (808 W Market Street) and Thursday’s Lounge (306 E Exchange Street), the OIU said.

Mickey’s in the Valley was cited Thursday for serving alcohol past the 10 p.m. cut-off, while Highland Tavern and Thursday’s Lounge received their citations Saturday night. Highland Tavern’s citation is for an observed lack of social distancing by its patrons and serving alcohol at 12:40 a.m., the OIU said.

OIU agents who visited Thursday’s Lounge Saturday saw “approximately 100 patrons lacking social distancing, standing and congregating in groups,” and alcohol was still being served after 10 p.m. by employees who were not wearing facial coverings, according to the news release.

The administrative citation cases will go before the Ohio Liquor Control Commission for possible penalties, including fines or the suspension or revocation of liquor permits, according to the OIU.

There were more than 10 establishments statewide that were cited in the past 48 hours, according to the OIU.

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