Politics & Government

No. 3: Jun Bo Shutters Doors

Richfield Patch looks back at one of the top stories of 2011.

The owners of were , after the Richfield City Council made its decision to not renew the restaurant and night club's liquor license that night.

This restaurant had been a thorn in the city's side for many months and brought out some intense feelings from council members and city staff.

“Never have I seen as bad of an actor,” Mayor Debbie Goettel said that April night. “There is no way that I want Jun Bo through this summer. … I will deny it immediately."

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"[The restaurant] is taking more of our resources…Just imagine if we had to spend an equal amount of time in [all other liquor licensed establishments]," Richfield Police Cheif Barry Fritz said in December 2010. "We have 35,000 other residents here and we have one establishment that's taking those sorts of resources, that's a concern to us."

“You seem like you’re the bad kid we keep spanking [for doing something wrong]," Council Member Tom Fitzhenry said in April 2011.

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The restaurant's high level of police contacts from October 2009 to September 2010, as well as the state's investigation of its finances, prompted the council's decision. .

Shortly after losing its liquor privledges, Jun Bo shut down. —before the license was officially denied—and owners had planned to close anyway at the end of September.


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