Which liquor license does your business need?

Sale and service of beer and wine by the drink for on-premises consumption.^{1 (source 1)}

Sale, service and consumption of beer, wine, and liquor by the drink for on-premises consumption.^{1 (source 1)}

Sale, service and consumption of beer, wine, and liquor by the drink for on-premises consumption.^{1 (source 1)}

Must have a minimum of sandwiches and light snacks to patrons when the sale of beer and wine is provided. Beer and wine licensees can serve as much of a meal as they want.^{1 (source 1)}

Must have a full kitchen with adequate personnel, equipment, and food to prepare meals. Meals must be available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., sandwiches and light snacks after 8 p.m.

Meals must be prepared on the licensed premises, unless prepared at a licensed kitchen under the licensee's exclusive management and control.

At least 25% of the gross annual income must be from the sale of food.^{1 (source 1)}

Must have available a minimum of sandwiches and light snacks to patrons when the sale of alcohol is provided. Tavern licensees can serve as much of a meal as they want.^{1 (source 1)}

Seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.^{1 (source 1)}

Seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.^{1 (source 1)}

Seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.^{1 (source 1)}

A 500-foot distance restriction from public and parochial schools, colleges, universities, and seminaries applies.^{1 (source 1)}

State law prohibits issuing hotel and restaurant liquor licenses within 500 feet of any school, college, university, or seminary unless a local jurisdiction eliminates this restriction. Denver adopted this rule in 2012 eliminating this distance restriction. Hotel and restaurant liquor licenses may be issued within 500 feet of any school, college, university, or seminary.^{1 (source 1)}

A 500-foot distance restriction from public and parochial schools, colleges, universities, and seminaries applies to new tavern applications.^{1 (source 1)}

A local licensing authority may deny the issuance of any new tavern or retail liquor store license whenever such authority determines that the issuance of the license would result in or add to an undue concentration of the same class of license and, as a result, require the use of additional law enforcement resources.^{2 (source 2)}

Under state law, a local licensing authority can deny an application for a tavern or liquor store license if the extra license would add to the undue concentration of liquor licenses in the area. As a result, it would require the use of extra law enforcement resources.

Analysis related to undue concentration will be performed by the Department when an application is submitted. The Department will get statistical crime data from the Department of Safety for the analysis.^{3 (source 3)}

The names of all managers of beer and wine licenses must be provided to the local and state licensing authorities whether a principal to the licensee or someone else manages the licensed premises.

Any changes in managers of ;beer and wine licenses must be reported to the city and the state within 30 days of the change.^{1 (source 1)}

The licensee shall report any change in managers to the state and local licensing authorities within thirty days after the change. When a hotel and restaurant, lodging facility, tavern, or entertainment facility licensee reports a change in manager to the state and local licensing authorities, the licensee shall pay: (a) A thirty-dollar fee to the state licensing authority; and (b) A thirty-dollar fee to the local licensing authority.^{2 (source 2)}

If someone other than a principal to the licensee manages the licensed premises, then the manager must register and pay a $30 fee to the city and the state.

Any changes in managers must be reported within five days and a new manager must be registered within 30 days.

With multiple-owned hotel and restaurant liquor licenses, each location must have a separate and distinct manager.

Full set of fingerprints.^{1 (source 1)}

The licensee shall report any change in managers to the state and local licensing authorities within thirty days after the change. When a hotel and restaurant, lodging facility, tavern, or entertainment facility licensee reports a change in manager to the state and local licensing authorities, the licensee shall pay: (a) A thirty-dollar fee to the state licensing authority; and (b) A thirty-dollar fee to the local licensing authority.^{2 (source 2)}

The names of all managers must be provided to local and state licensing authorities whether a principal to the licensee or someone else manages the licensed premises.

The manager of a tavern can only manage one tavern.

A manager is required to file a manager registration form, an individual history form, fingerprints and pay a $30 fee to the city and the state.

Any changes in mangers of taverns must be reported to the city and the state within five days. A new manager must be registered within 30 days of the change.

A manager is required to submit a complete set of fingerprints.^{1 (source 1)}

The licensee shall report any change in managers to the state and local licensing authorities within thirty days after the change. When a hotel and restaurant, lodging facility, tavern, or entertainment facility licensee reports a change in manager to the state and local licensing authorities, the licensee shall pay: (a) A thirty-dollar fee to the state licensing authority; and (b) A thirty-dollar fee to the local licensing authority.^{4 (source 4)}

A beer and wine license shall be issued to persons selling malt and vinous liquors for consumption on the premises. Beer and wine licensees shall have sandwiches and light snacks available for consumption on the premises during business hours, but need not have meals available for consumption.^{3 (source 3)}

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a hotel and restaurant license shall be issued to persons selling alcohol beverages in the place where the alcohol beverages are to be consumed, subject to the following restrictions: (a) Restaurants shall sell alcohol beverages as provided in this section only to customers of the restaurant and only if meals are actually and regularly served and provide not less than twenty-five percent of the gross income from sales of food and drink of the business of the licensed premises over any period of time of at least one year.^{3 (source 3)}

A tavern license shall be issued to persons selling alcohol beverages by the drink only to customers for consumption on the premises. A tavern licensee shall have sandwiches and light snacks available for consumption on the premises during business hours, but need not have meals available for consumption.^{5 (source 5)}