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Buying a Bar? 11 Questions for the Alcohol Control Board

By: Ray Foley and Heather Dismore and

Updated: 03-26-2016

From The Book: Running a Bar For Dummies

Running a Bar For Dummies

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If you're interested in running a bar, you have to get to know your alcohol control board so you know what you can and can't do when it comes to serving alcoholic beverages. Keep this list of questions on hand so you'll know the important things to ask your state alcohol control board representative while shopping for your bar or bar location:

Can I open on Sundays? What time?
Can I serve food? Do I have to serve food?
Do I need another license for food? What's the fee?
Do I need another license for music? What's the fee?
What, if any, licenses do my employees need?
How many licenses are issued in the town?
What are the grounds for license revocation?
What are the restrictions on my hours of operation?
What are the smoking laws I must abide by?
What kind of liquor license do I need? What's the fee? How often do I renew it?
Where do I display the liquor license in my bar?

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Running a Bar For Dummies ,

About the book authors:

Ray Foley, a former Marine with more than 30 years of bartending and restaurant experience, is the founder and publisher of BARTENDER magazine. Heather Dismore is a veteran of both the restaurant and publishing industries. Her published works include Running a Restaurant For Dummies.

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