

#Fine wine and good spirits license#
A wine-only package store that does not hold a beer license must have the same hours of sale as a package store.A wine-only package store that holds a beer license may not sell wine containing more than 17% alcohol by volume on a Sunday or after 10 p.m.Off-premise beer/wine license or permit (e.g., convenience store or grocery store): If the establishment is in a city or county legal for late hours and they have a late-hours permit, they can sell alcohol for on-premise consumption until 2 a.m.On-premise license or permit (e.g., bar or restaurant): No person under 18 can be employed to sell, prepare, serve or handle alcoholic beverages or assist in doing so. Wine-Only Package Store Permit (Q): 16 years old in any capacity.Wine and Beer Retailer’s Off-Premise Permit (BQ): No minimum age.Retail Dealer’s Off-Premise License (BF): No minimum age (unless part of a wine-only package store).This age limit does not apply to someone who is employed by the person's parent or legal guardian to work in a package store owned by the parent or legal guardian. Package Store Permit (P): Must be 21 or older to work on premises in any capacity or to deliver alcohol off-premises.Generally, no license/permit holder may employ someone younger than 18 to sell, prepare, serve or otherwise handle alcoholic beverages or help in doing so. Under the immediate supervision of a commissioned peace officer engaged in enforcing the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Code.In the visible presence of an adult parent, guardian, or spouse or other adult who they have been committed to by a court.Please view TABC’s Coronavirus Information page for current information about delivery and to-go transactions.
#Fine wine and good spirits code#
See Alcoholic Beverage Code chapters 25 and 69. Some bars also sell "set ups," which are cups of ice or soda that the customer buys and mixes with their own distilled spirits. This is often called a "corkage fee," especially when it refers to a bottle of wine brought into a restaurant. If the business allows you to bring your own alcoholic beverages onto their premises, they are allowed to charge you a fee. But the business may have their own rules against it.


It is legal to take alcoholic beverages into or out of a restaurant/bar that is permitted to sell only beer/wine (no distilled spirits), or an establishment that does not have a permit to sell alcohol.It is illegal to take an alcoholic beverage out of a restaurant/bar that has a Private Club Permit or Mixed Beverage Permit unless: (1) it’s a malt beverage produced by a brewpub, (2) you are leaving with a bottle of wine you bought with a meal (the bottle can be open or unopened), or (3) you are picking up a to-go order.See Alcoholic Beverage Code sections 28.10 and 32.15. You can't leave with an alcoholic beverage unless it’s a malt beverage produced by a brewpub, or you are leaving with a bottle of wine you bought with a meal and did not finish. sells distilled spirits, malt beverages, and wine). It is illegal to take any alcoholic beverage into a restaurant/bar that has a Private Club Permit or Mixed Beverage Permit (i.e.
