The licence was first issued in 2014 to Mahender Makkar, a director of Manmeet Foods Inc., which operates as All Stars Bar & Grill.

A month before the drug raid, Makkar had agreed to sell All Stars to Franklin, but a month after the raid, the AGCO refused the transfer of the liquor licence to him, and recommended the licence be revoked.

But after an appeal by Makkar, she was given a second chance to keep the licence, said the ruling. The two sides agreed a licence suspension would be lifted, and conditions were placed on the bar’s operation.

“Specifically, she (Makkar) agreed that Mr. Matthew Franklin should not be permitted in All Stars’ premises and should have nothing to do with the business,” said the Nov. 6 written ruling of the tribunal.

Franklin was seen inside the bar in August and again in September, the tribunal heard, and that led to an indefinite suspension for “public safety” reasons, and another recommendation that the licence be revoked.

“Ms Makkar was given an opportunity to retain her liquor licence on certain conditions,” the ruling reads. “She has failed to comply with one of these conditions on two occasions in a manner that calls into question her ability to comply with conditions in the future.”

Makkar told the tribunal she was not in the bar either time Franklin was reportedly there.

Makkar had submitted a plan to comply with the conditions in October, and signed a contract for security services on her busy nights and for special events, but the tribunal ruled it a case of “too little, too late.”