VININGS, Ga. – A Georgia family is thankful things didn’t end worse after their toddler was served alcohol at a restaurant, according to WXIA.
The NBC affiliate reports that the Smiths went to the Vinings restaurant Sunday after church and an apple juice was ordered for 18-month-old Aaliyah.
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After lunch, the family got up to leave and Aaliyah’s dad noticed that something was wrong with the juice.
“We were about to leave, my spouse got the juice, it was in the kid’s cup, he tasted it and his chest started burning,” Alexis Smith, Aaliyah's mom, told WXIA.
The family told the manager on duty, who took the drink and then told them an apple juice container was mislabeled and Aaliyah had in fact been served alcohol.
“I started crying at the restaurant. As a mom, it was very emotional -- alcohol is something serious. You have to be 21 as an adult to drink it,” Smith said to WXIA.
She said the owner of the restaurant was very upset about what happened and the manager insisted on paying for their meal, according to WXIA.
They went to the doctor, who found no abnormalities, but Smith said she’s thankful because things could have been worse.
“I'm just lucky that my daughter did not consume the whole cup because she probably would not be here now.”
