Navigating TABC Food & Beverage Certificates is crucial for businesses in the foodservice industry. Discover the eligibility options, benefits, and audit process for certificate holders. Ensure compliance and explore how this specialized permit can elevate your business. Learn more in our blog post!

Gain valuable insights on obtaining a Texas liquor license seamlessly. Discover the significance of city, county, and comptroller certifications, streamlining your path to approval. Proactive tips and expert guidance await, ensuring a smooth and successful application process.

If you're considering opening a business involving the sale of alcoholic beverages, it's important to understand the specific regulations and restrictions applicable to your location. One restriction, particularly in certain areas of Texas, pertains to the alcohol by volume (ABV) content of wine that can be sold. In this blog, we will explore the details of ABV restrictions.

Before you apply for a liquor license in Texas, the TABC must approve of the location of your future bar or restaurant. In this blog, we go over all information you will need when selecting a location for your business venture. Let us help you understand the many rules you need to know before choosing the perfect location.

Considering a Texas business venture that involves alcohol? You will probably need a TABC liquor license. In this blog, we help you figure out whether you need a liquor license and, if you are a bar or restaurant owner, what type of Texas liquor license fits your business.

There are a lot of moving parts when managing a timeline for the opening of a bar or restaurant. Of course, the issuance date of your anticipated Texas liquor license or TABC permit is a major milestone. However, don’t overlook that you may have the opportunity to place orders for alcohol before that date arrives — which may help you keep your entire timeline moving forward.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) offers a couple of different options for restaurants wanting a Texas liquor license or permit. However, all options available are considered “on-premise” permits, meaning you intend to sell alcohol directly to the consumer which will be consumed on the premises.

The process for applying for a new Texas liquor license or permit can be time-consuming and confusing, especially when factoring in the forms, fees, and additional requirements your business must keep up with.

Permit or license: which does your establishment need? The short answer is, “it depends.”

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code regulates alcoholic beverages in the state, requiring businesses to have specific authorization to engage in the alcoholic beverage industry. If you intend to buy alcohol for resale or sell alcohol, you absolutely must have specific authority from the state of Texas.

Stay compliant with Texas law by fulfilling the signage obligations enforced by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for TABC-licensed establishments selling alcohol for on-premises consumption. From posting your Texas liquor license to health risks warnings, public information/complaint signs, and human trafficking warnings, ensure your establishment meets all necessary signage obligations for a professional and law-abiding operation

Discover the importance of Seller Server Training for bars and restaurants in Texas. Learn how this program, regulated by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, promotes responsible alcohol service and protects owners from liability. Explore topics covered, TABC-approved courses, and the benefits of implementing responsible alcohol service policies. 

This blog post explains what constitutes a breach of the peace, the types of breaches that must be reported, and the consequences of failing to report them. You'll also learn how to make the report and the exceptios to the rule. Don't risk penalties or permit suspension; stay compliant with TABC regulations by reading this informative blog post.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) has recently announced a new voluntary self-inspection process for businesses to conduct their annual compliance reports. This replaces the mobile app that businesses previously used and offers a simplified, more convenient method to conduct compliance reporting. In this blog post, we’ll go over the details of the new voluntary self-inspection process, its benefits, and how businesses can participate.

Weddings, office parties, music and food festivals – there are lots of reasons why you might want to use your TABC liquor license somewhere besides your bar or restaurant. In this blog, we discuss key points you need to know about serving alcohol off-premises using Temporary Event Authorizations.

Different types of alcoholic beverage retailers must abide by different rules when it comes to the hours during which they can sell alcohol. Last week, we looked at what Texas law has to say about when you can purchase an adult beverage at bars, restaurants, and other locations that sell alcohol for on-premises consumption. Most notably, these locations have a unique ability to stay open as late as 2 a.m. under certain circumstances.

Ever run to your favorite liquor store only to find it closed when most businesses are open? Ever get surprised when a bar seems to close early? Ever wonder why you can’t order a cocktail on Sunday morning without food along with it?

By now you know the term — “On-Premises Promotions” — and that the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) has a lot to say about what works and what doesn’t.

Today, we are wrapping up our summary of how the TABC regulates promotions carried at the locations of retailers who sell alcohol for on-premises consumption, e.g. bars and restaurants.

Today we are continuing with our second installment in a blog series on how the TABC regulates “On-Premises Promotions” — a term that the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) uses to describe promotions carried at the location of a retailer who sells alcohol for consumption on its premises — predominantly bars and restaurants.

Texas alcoholic beverage law not only regulates who can buy and sell alcohol, but also how alcoholic beverages are advertised and promoted, especially at on-premises retail locations. In fact, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) established an entire rule entitled “On-Premises Promotions.”

What gives the TABC the authority to create that rule? What does the rule say about happy hours and drink discounts and other familiar promotions? We try to answer those questions in our three-part, blog series about on-premises promotions.

Navigating TABC Food & Beverage Certificates is crucial for businesses in the foodservice industry. Discover the eligibility options, benefits, and audit process for certificate holders. Ensure compliance and explore how this specialized permit can elevate your business. Learn more in our blog post!

It’s that time again!

Every two years your Texas liquor license or permit needs to be renewed with the state. You must renew on time to avoid having your permit canceled.

We get it. Being a business owner is time-consuming and the days fly by!

But renewing your license is not something you should forget about or overlook. Without it, you might not have much of a business to operate.

It is critically important that you renew your TABC liquor license on time, and it’s the permit holders’ responsibility to stay on top of the process. Here is some basic information to keep in mind as you get ready to complete a Texas liquor license renewal application.

So, you’ve identified that you need to make a change to your business and must inform the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC). Now what?

Remember, before making any changes to the location, premises, ownership, financing, or to any information previously provided to the TABC, we strongly recommend that you carefully think through whether the change is authorized and, if it is, how and when to report the change(s) to the TABC.

Congratulations! You have a Texas liquor license. You are in business and have the authority to buy and sell alcohol. The work is over right?

Unfortunately, no. As a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) liquor license or permit holder, you have the ongoing responsibility to maintain that permit, including renewing the permit every two years and updating the TABC if any of the information you provided when you initially acquired the liquor license has changed.