JOLIET — The bar at Bellagio’s Pizzeria will be shut down for seven days on an order issued Thursday by Mayor Thomas Giarrante, who also is the city’s liquor commissioner.
The closing was ordered because of a an incident in which a man allegedly was shot in the hand in the restaurant’s parking lot on June 4.
Chris Rouskey, attorney for Bellagio’s, said Thursday that there was no shooting on the restaurant’s property.
Bellagio’s has security personnel and has never had these problems with the city or police before, he said.
“It’s not supposed to be the Wild West, and we don’t let it get like that,” he said.
Bellagio’s already faced a June 28 hearing because of a May 15 incident in which police said they cleared 200 people out of the parking lot of the restaurant at 116 S. Larkin Ave.
Rouskey said Bellagio’s has never had that many people on its property.
A hearing will be scheduled on the more recent incident.
Bellagio’s can continue to do restaurant business under the order, which took effect Thursday, but cannot sell liquor, which Rouskey said will be detrimental during Father’s Day weekend.
“We are uncertain why the city took the action they did without first affording us a hearing. I haven’t even seen police reports. This is a shock to us,” Rouskey said.
In another order issued Thursday, Hammers, located at 2771 Black Road, was fined $500 for an incident on May 15 in which the bar allegedly continued to serve alcohol after hours. Police were called to Hammers at 4 a.m. with a report of a battery, and the bar had a 2 a.m. license for that night. A hearing on the matter was held Thursday.
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