TRENTON, N.J. – An operator of TGI Fridays restaurants in New Jersey raided as part of Operation Swill has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine for serving customers cheap alcohol when they paid for top shelf drinks.

Acting Attorney General John Hoffman said Wednesday that the fine levied against Livingston based Briad Group should send a message to every bar and restaurant in the state that “customers should always get what they pay for.”