The Vancouver-area pub where Rob Ford partied after his jaywalking experience has been issued two “contravention notices” for allowing patrons to drink after hours the night the mayor visited, according to British Columbia licensing officials.

No fines will be laid against the bar, because an inspector found there was “insufficient evidence” to support the allegations of after hours drinking at a hearing.

Toronto’s mayor was reportedly seen partying with a small group of friends after last call at the Foggy Dew pub in Coquitlam, on February 1. Ford was photographed at a table covered in drinks, shortly before 3 a.m.

“Contravention Notices are notices of alleged non-compliance and are intended to give the licensee a heads up that there are specific concerns that will need to be discussed further,” explained Douglas Scott, associate deputy minister of British Columbia’s Liquor Control and Licensing Board, in an emailed statement to the Star Friday.

The inspector in charge of the case met with the Foggy Dew management twice to “promote voluntary compliance” and the warnings will be kept on file with the government agency. The agency determined there was insufficient evidence to take the matter to a full hearing. There will be no fine in the case.

Management at the Foggy Dew could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Star’s story on the matter revealed that at one point in the evening Ford disappeared into a staff washroom and emerged speaking “gibberish,” scratching his chest and the back of his neck and making “weird twitch-like movements non-stop with his hands,” according to witness accounts given to the Star.

Ford has not responded to the Star’s questions about the night.

Two time-stamped photos obtained by the Star showed Ford at a table filled with drinks after the legal cut off of 2 a.m., one at 2:29 a.m. and one at 2:43 a.m. Ford and friends with him ordered rounds of rum and Cokes and shots of Jack Daniels after the legal cut-off.

The notices issued by the B.C. agency were for “failing to clear the establishment within half an hour of the end of liquor service and one for allowing patrons to consume liquor beyond the time permitted by the terms of its licence,” said Scott. When asked if Ford was contacted by the B.C. agency, Scott said officials do not comment on “the actions of individual patrons.”

The investigation was launched in February and took six weeks. The inspector reported he found “insufficient evidence” to support allegations of after-hours drinking at a full enforcement hearing, the B.C. agency said in its release. The decision was made to seek voluntary compliance, said Scott.

Ford had travelled to Coquitlam for the funeral of a family friend. The mayor had been photographed on the dance floor of the pub earlier that night, before returning to his hotel.

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According to witness accounts he returned around midnight and disappeared into a staff washroom for more than an hour. When he emerged he was “talking gibberish in what sounded like another language,” according to an eyewitness to the scene.

Ford and his friends went on to order rounds of rum and Cokes and shots of Jack Daniels after the 2 a.m., the cut-off time for serving alcohol, witnesses told the Star.

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