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BOOZE BLUES AT CIPRIANI

Chic restaurant chain Cipriani could be in the soup come June, as the State Liquor Authority moving to revoke its booze license, The Post has learned.

The paperwork, yet to be served on haute cuisine magnate Giuseppe Cipriani, lists the famed namesake locations at 110 E. 42nd St., 376 West Broadway and 200 Fifth Ave., as well as Socialista, a Cuban restaurant in which he has a stake, at 505 West St.

The 14-page complaint focuses mainly on the October tax-evasion convictions of Giuseppe and his father, Arrigo Cipriani, in which they got no jail time and were ordered to pay back $10 million.

The SLA also charges that Giuseppe made his license available to people who were not permitted to use it, including his father, Arrigo, mother Carmela, and sister Giovanna.

Giuseppe has until June 11 to respond to the SLA charges.

“No charges have been formally served and we anticipate a resolution of this whole matter shortly,” said Cipriani publicist Chris Giglio.