Three DeKalb restaurants have been left without a liquor license.

Stadium Club, 1311 W. Lincoln Highway, is one of those restaurants.

City Clerk Donna Johnson, who also serves as deputy liquor commissioner, said Stadium Club did not renew its Class E liquor license in time for the Aug. 31 deadline.

A Class E license allows a restaurant to serve food and alcohol.

Johnson said Stadium Club was beyond its food-to-alcohol ratio.

“They were serving too much alcohol without enough food,” Johnson said.

Mayor Greg Sparrow, who also serves as liquor commissioner, said a restaurant must serve at least 60 percent food with no more than 40 percent alcohol. According to audited results, Stadium Club was at 53 percent food and 47 percent alcohol, Sparrow said.

Johnson added that Stadium Club had been warned halfway through the year about the infraction, but did not change its practices. Therefore, the liquor license could not be renewed by the DeKalb Liquor Commission, Sparrow said.

Stadium Club owner Brad Bolke was unavailable for comment.

Stadium Club may be eligible to receive an extension on its license, in order to correct the ratio, but Bolke must ask the DeKalb City Council.

“They could waive it if he requests it,” Sparrow said, “but there needs to be a legitimate reason for the extension.”

Stadium Club still can function as a restaurant, but it is not allowed to serve liquor until the food-to-alcohol ratio meets the city standard, Sparrow said. If the ratio is corrected, Stadium Club may receive its license for the remainder of the year.

The two other restaurants are El Cielo, located at 901 Lucinda Ave. in the Village Commons Shopping Center, and El Rey del Burrito, located at 185 W. Lincoln Highway. Johnson said each establishment failed to renew its license. Neither was available for comment.