Allston bar indefinitely shut down by licensing board after violations

The Draft Bar and Grille in Allston has its liquor license suspended indefinitely on Jan. 8 after the Boston Licensing Board discovered repeated underage ingesting violations.

“I used to be stunned by the supervisor’s laid-back perspective about among the mismanagement issues at this location. To me, it rose to the extent of egregious,” Licensing Board member Kathleen Joyce mentioned throughout a Jan. 8 assembly.

The bar confronted scrutiny after police found three underage ingesting violations whereas conducting a license inspection on Oct. 16, 2025.

“Appears like there’s about 75 to 100 individuals quickly leaving the institution as soon as they realized we have been checking IDs within the institution. We did flip round, there’s solely possibly seven or eight individuals left,” Detective Eddie Hernandez mentioned throughout a Jan. 6 listening to.

Joyce first proposed a three-day ban, however the board in the end voted to place in a spot an indefinite suspension to be lifted upon the switch of the bar’s license.

“I feel that [Brady] has proven he isn’t match for this license, one other license, any license. It’s unlucky,” Licensing Board member Keena Saxon mentioned through the Jan. 8 assembly.

Throughout an preliminary listening to on Jan. 6, Brady confessed that, whereas the Draft Bar and Grille traditionally used an ID scanning machine, the machine broke and was by no means changed. 

“I assume the faculty children have wonderful faux IDs. It’s powerful to identify them with out the machine,” Brady mentioned through the Jan. 6 listening to.

Board Member Liam Curran mentioned Brady has plans to close down and promote the Allston bar. If Brady continues to run the bar, he should seem earlier than the board once more to debate the adjustments his bar will make to mitigate underage ingesting, the board determined.