Awesomely, we present The 86 Rules of Boozing.
This led me, on reading rule #79, to look up the term “86′d” (or eighty-sixed). Dictionary.com says, “To refuse to serve (an unwelcome customer) at a bar or restaurant,” which certainly fits the context. Reference.com has a few more things to say, most relevantly this: Possibly a reference to article 86 of the New York state liquor code which defines the circumstances in which a bar patron should be refused service or “86ed”.
So now you know. 
–c.
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