Another Kid Is Served Alcohol At Chain Restaurant
Moderately-priced chain restaurants need to stop feeding booze to our kids. Earlier this week a toddler was served a margarita at Applebee's . . . and now, a two-and-a-half-year-old was served SANGRIA at OLIVE GARDEN. He was hospitalized but was OK after getting an I.V. Olive Garden apologized and is investigating how it happened.
--In Lakeland, Florida, a two-and-a-half-year-old was served SANGRIA in his plastic cup at an Olive Garden.
--The boy's name is Nikolai. He was with his mother, Jill Van Heest, and asked for an orange juice. The server brought him a child's plastic cup, and Nikolai drank most of it. Then the server came back and took it away.
--Jill says the server told her, quote, "'There's been a mistake, I need to get you a new one' . . . and [then he] took the glass and kind of scurried away."
--When he brought back a new drink, Jill asked him what was in the old one and he admitted it was Tropical Sangria . . . which Olive Garden makes out of orange juice, pineapple juice, and wine. He apologized profusely, as did the manager.
--Meanwhile, Nikolai started getting visibly drunk, so Jill took him to the hospital. Doctors gave him an I.V. . . . and within a couple of hours he was fine. The hospital hasn't released his blood-alcohol level.
--Olive Garden says they're investigating how it happened. Jill says she's contacted an attorney, but so far, there's no lawsuit on the table.
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