TABC revokes Scooners’ liquor license for selling alcohol to underage drinkers
By Antoinette Vega
Staff Reporter

Scooners may apply for a liquor license under a new name and management, the pub’s acting assistant manager said Thursday.

Chris Baker, who plans to purchase and manage the bar at 3051 S. University Drive, said the popular pub is remodeling and will open with a new theme Sept. 25. He said he is applying for a new liquor license.

Scooners’ permit was revoked July 9 after it was cited 28 times since November 1999 for selling alcohol to minors, an official in the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission confirmed.

“The bar has eight pages in violations, which is excessive in my opinion,” Sgt. Robert Cloud said, adding that the agency had received three anonymous tips the last two years before it closed.

He said the bar was shutdown for a week in December 2000 for the same violations.

The bar’s owner, Paul Humphries, could not be reached for comment.

Cloud said Wednesday Scooners cannot receive a new permit for a year unless it is sold.

“The bar would have to change completely with new owners in order for it to re-open,” Cloud said. “If it does re-open, it is up to the employees to do the right thing and stay on top of all rules.”

Some TCU students said the bar was known as a place that would sell alcohol to underage drinkers.

Steven Becker, a sophomore management, finance and accounting major, said he visited Scooners frequently even though was only 19.

“My friends and I visited Scooners a lot because they wouldn’t check identification and regularly took fake ones,” Becker said.