Restaurant owner charged with selling alcohol after having license revoked
The day before Valentine's day, two undercover D.C. police officers walked into Moi Moi, a west African restaurant on K Street NW, known for its late night dinner fare.
A server handed them food and drink menus, and they ordered jerk chicken, tacos and crispy fried red snapper, according to court documents. One ordered a non-alcoholic drink. The other, a court affidavit says, ordered a single $20 passion fruit cocktail made with Grey Goose vodka.
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