Moulin in Laguna Beach prides itself in giving customers a real French experience.
“If you’ve been to Paris, if you’ve sat at a café, we have it here,” said owner Laurent Vrignaud.
The bistro specializes in traditional French baked goods, wine, champagne, beer and more. Vrignaud said rarely do his guests have one too many alcoholic drinks, but he’s seen it happen.
“We’ve called Uber at noon, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, for a couple of customers,” he recalled. “Of course, we’re ultimately responsible. We want our customers to come back, have a great time on day one, come back the following day, and never get in trouble with the police.”
Vrignaud supports a new initiative by the Laguna Beach Police Department that will notify businesses that serve alcohol when a DUI arrest is directly linked to their business.
“If we serve one too many drinks, we’re not in the bar business, we’re not even open at night, but the fact of the matter is businesses such as ours should be responsible for how many drinks they’re going to let someone have before they go, ‘No more.’ Call them an Uber and send them home,” he said.