Alcoholic Beverage Control agents raided Mellow Mushroom on Burbank Drive on Wednesday night, issuing nine underage drinking citations. The agency cited the minors sometime between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m., according to Debra O’Neill, East Baton Rouge Parish ABC Board director.  “Most of them were too intoxicated to even respond,” O’Neill said.  The restaurant isn’t required to appear before the Board for this violation, but if they are issued another citation within a year, an appearance will be mandatory. “[Mellow Mushroom will have to] pay the fine, or [choose to] fight it and come before the board,” O’Neill said.  Mellow Mushroom officials declined to comment about the raid. O’Neill said agents were responding to one of several complaints the ABC receives every week about underage drinking at local bars and restaurants. The cited individuals will have to appear in court or participate in pretrial diversion, where they would have to take classes. David Clauss, business management junior, arrived at Mellow Mushroom at about midnight — soon after the raid — and witnessed a large crowd of customers outside. He didn’t see the nine who were cited but left after he realized the restaurant was closed for the night. Clauss — who turned 21 on Thursday — was relieved he didn’t arrive earlier than midnight. “If I had been there earlier, I could have had a chance at getting a [minor in possession citation],” Clauss said. O’Neill said possession is the No. 1 problem the ABC deals with in the University area. She said the high number of violators cited Wednesday is rare. “Nine is an awful large number to get in one night,” O’Neill said.—-Contact Kyle Bove at [email protected]