The liquor license of the troubled Arcade Dreams Sports Bar, 1205 W. Lincoln Highway, was suspended for 90 days Tuesday by the DeKalb Liquor Commission.

The special hearing at the DeKalb Municipal Building was called to address the restaurant’s failure to pay fines levied by the city and owner George Broches’ alleged failure to maintain insurance. Broches claims his business has liquor liability coverage, but city attorney Margo Ely introduced evidence Tuesday that his policy was cancelled Oct. 5 because premiums weren’t paid.

“You’ve been before this commission before for this very same matter,” Mayor Bessie Chronopoulos, the city’s liquor commissioner, told Broches. “You have been unable to prove that your establishment is currently insured, and therefore, I must suspend your license to serve liquor.”

If Broches is able to prove he had insurance from Oct. 5 through Monday, the suspension may be vacated or rescinded. It takes effect at 4 p.m. today.

By filing for bankruptcy last year, Broches delayed two previous meetings intended to discover why he hadn’t paid fines.

His bankruptcy case was dismissed Jan. 17, allowing the liquor commission to continue its inquiry.

One of the business’ two fines was for $2,000 on March 9, 1999, for serving minors and failing to maintain dram shop insurance, required by law to serve liquor. Arcade Dreams was fined another $600 on Sept. 1 for violating the terms of its Class E liquor license, which requires a business to make 60 percent of its revenue from food.

The $2,600 is still unpaid.

Broches claimed he was unable to settle the fines because his assets were frozen by the bankruptcy declaration. He didn’t pay the fines before or after the bankruptcy hearings because he was looking for an attorney, he said.

Broches has until next Tuesday to pay the fines or the commission may suspend his license for another 30 days and consider further action. He agreed Tuesday to comply.