Now Chili’s Caught Serving Alcohol to Toddler
- Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:30pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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First, there was the the case of the 15-month-old given booze at a Detroit-area Applebee’s.
Then there was the toddler in Florida who was served sangria instead of orange juice.
And now we have a child in Chicago getting an alcoholic “mudslide” drink instead of chocolate shake:
The young girl was taken to a hospital and diagnosed with “alcohol overdose.” CBS 2 reports:
Tyree Davis said she was having dinner with her daughter at a Chili’s at 1750 W. 119th St. in the Morgan Park neighborhood around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, when her daughter’s chocolate shake got swapped with a mudslide alcoholic beverage, which contains vodka.
Davis said her daughter, Brooklynn Morris, 4, was later diagnosed with an alcohol overdose.
The two drinks look similar, and both contain chocolcate. Davis later took a picture of them side-by-side with her cell phone camera.
But Brooklynn drank from the cocktail three or four times, and her mother said the little girl noticed something wasn’t right.
“Brooklynn said, ‘I don’t like it,’ and she said, ‘You don’t like it? Why? Let me taste it,’” Davis said, “and when I tasted it – alcohol. I knew immediately it was alcohol.”
Davis said she tried it herself, and that is when she realized it was an alcoholic drink.
The server said perhaps the drinks had been swapped.
“That’s when I saw the waitress approaching me with the chocolate shake,” Davis said. “How can you make that mistake? And then the manager said they were sitting on the bar side-by-side – the cholocate shake and the mudslide.”
Davis said she called police, who responded to the restaurant and told her to take her daughter to the emergency room, because the girl was dozing off.
(H/T: FARK)
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Comments (88)
50Caliber
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:57pmThis has all the ear marks of a scam lawsuit, NTM free meals for a year?
Report Post »JCofPA
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 7:54amI smell that too.
Report Post »VLADTEPES
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:50pmI would sue if they gave me a childs drink instead of my cocktail..
Report Post »Rapunzel
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:46pmAlcohol poisoning after only 3 or 4 drinks? That does sound a little questionable.
Report Post »OneofMany
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 11:11pmThat does sound strange… 3-4 drinks..and alcohol poisoning? I realize the litter girl was small…but three to four drinks…how much alcohol or (akahol as one guy put it…ok, you have to admit that was funny, just the accent, nothing more…like people who say “pawk the caw in the hawvad yawd”…)…
When I was 8 yrs old, my alcoholic uncle gave me a 16 oz. MacDonald’s Cup FILLED with Boones Farm Apple Wine…I drank it ALL!! I weighed about 70 lbs… I jumped off the sofa thinking I could fly… then I was in the bathroom throwing up…my mom was REAL upset with my uncle! h ah ah ha haah
Report Post »iamthefree1
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:39pmHave you ever wondered why things happen like this? Why all the sudden their are several children getting these drinks? Ever wonder why all the sudden air traffic controllers are falling asleep. Ever wonder why you see a rash of incidents that never got air play before but now they just can’t keep it out of the news. Look deeper. What and who does this benefit?
Report Post »Jeepzea
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:34pmWhere is personal responsibility in all this?
Report Post »BrerRabbit
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:33pmCopycat ! Call the lawyers.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:11pmWith my luck, I’d order a Mudslide and get the kids drink instead.
Report Post »Get pseudo drunk. Get belligerent and dare the cops to arrest me.
nancy wan
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:10pmthis is just down right “crazy” hey jeremy can you believe this??
Report Post »DoesDad
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:09pmAnyone notice the first incident was white folks? And the 2 incidents after that were b l a c k folks? C’mon now! Yeah I went there……
JJ Coolay
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 5:00amOh no you di – int!
Report Post »ARIZONA VETERAN
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:08pmI did not know Chili’s took FOODSTAMPS!,
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:09pmroflmao!!
Report Post »Cherynn
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:00pmThis does sound like a new fad. Wheres my lawyer,,wheres my money ??????
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:55pmI’m thinking that someone(s) is/are going around sabotaging all the major chain restaurants. I can believe one or even two accidents, but three within days of each other makes it look like deliberate sabotage.
In any case, all parents need to take a sip of their child’s drink before letting the child drink it for the time being.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:06pmIt‘s Michelle Obama’s fault. She wants us all to eat healthy so why not shut down those evil capitalist dining establishments that only fuel our nation’s obesity rate? Rahm probably told her to get her minions out there to do their worst, even if it means harming the kids to accomplish their goal.
Or not. (But it wouldn’t really surprise me.)
Report Post »KENTUCKYREDBONE
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 6:59pmThis makes more sense than alot of stuff I’ve read on here! The Mom did not prepare the drink,the article didn’t say the Mom ordered alcohol and why was a non alcoholic drink setting on a bar next to an alcoholic drink? Makes me glad that we generally eat at places that don’t serve alcohol cause either of us drink!
Report Post »DonnaA
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:51pmSomething is being stired up, probably by unions. All the same incidents happening around the country at the same time? Kids drinks and sleeping air traffic controlers, I don’t think its coincidence.
Report Post »KellyR
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:59pmI agree….Never heard of it happening before and then all of a sudden…BAM!!! 3 times in a week…Please…..there’s more to this story…and I don‘t think it’s that the wait staff and bartenders got together and decided to poison children…at least they didn’t come up with the idea on their own.
Report Post »ConstitutionFreedomLover
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 6:39pm@ Donnaa,
Report Post »I will have to agree with you on the union thing!!! ;) I checked out these restaurants and none of them are unionized. So maybe that is what the union is doing!!! :( I know that this may sound like a conspiracy…but they probably have someone who is union undercover at these places to do the drinks…and say oops we didn’t mean for your toddler to have any alcohol. We made a mistake. Just so that big government can step in and take over the restaurant businesses. I don’t know what the end game will be…but it sure is fishy!!! ;/
Entropy
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:51pmYeah, this is a copy-cat case of a family trying to get some money out of Chilli’s. I am not buying it for one second. There are no end to the low-life scams that people will attempt to collect on.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:51pmFishy
Report Post »TOPOFTHEGAME
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:47pmIs this a copy-cat case?????? WORTH maybe….$$$$$$$
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:57pmNo, because the parents were not in the kitchen or behind the bar.
Report Post »ghost-of-elvis
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:43pmcall me crazy…but something is not right here…. let’s wait for the lawsuits to start flying
Report Post »5 seconds
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:42pmstupid liberals and their alcohol.
Report Post »BECKISNUTS
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:49pmIt is all Glenn Beck’s fault! If he didn’t spread his doom and gloom crap the little kids would not be drinking.
Report Post »mrpips
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:41pmIt’s all planned.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:58pmHow? Why?
Report Post »Beyond
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:39pmJust put it on the child‘s menu why don’t we already
Report Post »drago
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:39pmSorry, i dont buy it….
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:37pmThat’s it, I am ordering from the kids menu from now on, free drinks, Yeah.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:45pmMe TOO!
Report Post »BORDERMAN
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:47pmthats freaken’ funny!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:54pmBut I want to super size my beverage. Do they allow that on the kids menu? Do they offer 2 for 1′s after 5:00?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:02pmMost kids are obnoxious at restaurants, how much worse are they after a few drinks?
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 7:18pmHilarious
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:37pmyeah ok its the new “ money maker ” …. want to stop this ? arrest EVERYONE .. everyone sitting at the table and the persons making the drink as well as the servers and let a judge figure it out.. problem solved , no more children being severed alcohol … trust me on this..
Report Post »KellyR
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:52pmSomething isn’t right… Never heard of it happening before…and then all of a sudden…Bam! Three times in a week…..hard to believe, really.
Report Post »Brvnkaerv
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:32amShades of “Baloon Boy” or finger in the chili, or syringe in the Pepsi, .booze in the sippy cup. I should write a song.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:36pmCan someone pay more attention please , air traffic controllers taking naps & now alcohol served to kids .
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:35pmSimple idiots.
Report Post »ENCINOM
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:42pmI don’t see what the big deal is, a little alcohol will not hurt the kids.
avenger
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:52pmgive it a rest…got to start them young….why should mommy have all the fun….
Report Post »nptden
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:00pmHey Big Mama, the one on the right sure doesn’t look like a chocolate shake, ‘gots a lotta vanilla’.
Report Post »the one on the left looks like ‘all chocolate’….What does AKahol taste like?
Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:04pmThe way things are going in this country, everybody will be drinking soon just to dull the pain. (joking)
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:10pmENCINOM -
Please, please, please tell me you’re kidding.
I happened to be in an ER waiting for my roommate who was a nursing student to finish up the rounds when they brought in a toddler who was in an alcohol induced coma. He died. With very little effort I can still remember the mother’a screams when they told her. I NEVER EVER want to hear that again.
I guess it could be considered funny to some as long as it’s not your child.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:23pmNormally I would say that even in three diverse areas, alcohol in the drink to the kids could be one big set of coincidences; things do happen after all.
However, after this year of seeing people in fights in fast food restraunts and family dining restraunts, and now three such incidents occuring, it is getting a little weird. Again, most likely just a series of unrelated coincidences, yet has anyone thought to check these places out, where both sets of events have occured and see if any kind of major labor or union disputes have taken place?
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:38pmBullcr@p!!!!!!
Just another loser trying to hit the lawsuit lottery!
Report Post »TNT1
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:42pmNot simple idiots but could it be deliberate,a way to put fear and anger into the public.You all of sudden start hearing story after story of children being served alcohol.air traffic controllers falling asleep etc etc.We’re not stupid people to think this is not coordinated much the same as all the union protests. WAKE THE **** UP
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:49pm@ENCINOM
Report Post »Posted on April 18, 2011 at 4:42pm
I don’t see what the big deal is, a little alcohol will not hurt the kids.
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How do you have that knowledge, Dr. Encinom?
A little — not a lot, you understand — HONESTY, and perhaps a bit of COMPASSION, would be a nice change from you.
Showtime
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:52pm@The Big Pickle
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 5:38pm
Bullcr@p!!!!!!
Just another loser trying to hit the lawsuit lottery!
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Would you be saying the same thing if she had been YOUR child.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Dork.
missionarydad
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 6:17pmIt can happen as long as restaurants continue to make the children’s drinks at the bar like many of them do. It is an unfortunate situation and yes I would be very upset if it was my child. The restaurant should pay for the mistake just to hammer home the point that some mistakes just cannot be allowed to happen. I sure hope they don’t get millions however, but a judgement in the neighborhood of $15k would be a nice incentive for them to be more careful. It really does boil down though to parents need to be a whole lot less trusting when it comes to what their kids are given in restaurants. I have found some damaging items once or twice in my years of eating out and it can happen. For example whenever you eat fish you need to be aware that there could be bones that could choke a child and even hamburger patties. I about broke a tooth once eating a hamburger that had a bone chip in it.
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 6:41pmI will not be surprised to learn that one or more of these incidents turn out to be frauds – give little Johnny some booze and then file a big lawsuit
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 6:45pmSomebody needs to BAN Showtime for banning every news article. At a minimum, report abuse on all his comments for SPAM.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 7:36pmWhy is the mom ordering drinks with the kid….did the card the KID or did the mom swap the drinks…??
Report Post »The Big Pickle
Posted on April 18, 2011 at 8:39pmGib me muh 40 acres an a mule!!!!
Gib me muh reparations!
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 4:53amThe kid couldnt have been knocked off her rocker that bad if she didnt even like the drink enough to finish it.
Report Post »Come on!???
@leftfighter
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:57am@The Big Pickle
Ummm- most people wanting to “hit the lawsuit lottery” don’t call the police to the scene where they can bear witness to what happened and if they did so falsely, whi did the Chili’s employees not call her out of it to the police right then and there?
Then again, from your other, “blackface,” comments lower in the thread, I suspect you’re a troll infiltrator trying to make political opponents look racist. All you’re missing now is some kind of double entendre sex act reference.
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