Downtown Riverside’s El Patron restaurant has temporarily lost its privilege to sell alcohol, after the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control ruled that the restaurant knowingly provided alcoholic drinks to an underage employee, which resulted in her death, officials announced on Friday, Oct. 3.

The department said it opened an investigation right after the teenage employee died to find out where the alcohol she consumed came from.

The restaurant, at 3204 Mission Inn Ave., has been banned from selling alcohol for 45 days.

Video surveillance showed the on-duty restaurant manager giving the 19-year-old hostess multiple alcoholic beverages on Dec, 10, 2024, the night she died, the department said in a news release. She reportedly showed clear signs of intoxication, it stated.

The hoste

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