A serious incident occurred at Ned Devine's when staff mistakenly closed the bar, leaving a woman passed out alone inside. The Boston Licensing Board reviewed this event after the woman called 911 upon waking in the locked bathroom. While staff believed she had consumed two drinks, the woman suspected she may have been drugged. The situation raised alarm, with Board Chair Kathleen Joyce emphasizing the potential dangers the woman faced being left alone. The bar has since retrained staff to prevent future errors.
"This incident is really troubling to me," Board Chair Kathleen Joyce said at a Feb. 13 vote. "The fact that this young woman was left alone, was asleep in the bathroom. I don't want to even imagine what potential dangers she could have faced."
"There were two closing managers that night, and we just weren't on the same page," a manager said about not checking the bathrooms.
Quilty told the board that staff at Ned Devine's made a mistake when they didn't clear the area before closing. "We have retrained everybody," Quilty said.
"This was a private event the night in question, which was over at 11 p.m. This was an unfortunate error, mistake... This was not a normal 2 a.m. closing.
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