A bar whose liquid nitrogen cocktail caused a teenager to literally lose her stomach while celebrating her birthday has been fined approximately $156,000.
The Lancaster wine bar accepted blame for the near fatal 2012 concoction which left 18-year-old Gaby Scanlo "smoking from her nose and mouth,".
"Straight away I knew something was not right," Scanlo, now 20, said while recalling looking to the bar's staff for help and guidance after downing the complimentary drink.
She said a bartender at Oscar's Wine Bar and Bistro had encouraged her to "drink it while it's still smoking."
It was later revealed that that the staff had been instructed to have consumers wait 10 seconds, until the liquid nitrogen had boiled off. Having gulped the smoky beverage as it continued to fizz, she said she felt "an explosion" inside of her, as the chemical ate away at her stomach lining and internal tissue.
She was rushed to a hospital where doctors had to remove her stomach and her small bowel connected to her esophagus. Today, nearly three years later, she still suffers extremely pain, she said.
The bar pleaded guilty to one count of failing in the duty of an employer to ensure the safety of persons not in its employment, the BBC reported. The family-run bar's barrister also apologized to Scanion and her family, saying they had been left "mortified" by what happened.
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