Hotel and restaurant

• Sale, service and consumption of beer, wine, and liquor by the drink for on-premises consumption.
• 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.

Seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Multiple ownership is legal with the following other classes:

• Other hotel and restaurant and tavern liquor licenses
• Hotel and restaurant with optional premises
• Retail gaming tavern licenses
• Racetrack licenses
• Brew pubs
• Arts licenses
• Beer and wine licenses
• Club licenses
• Public transportation system license
• Vintner's restaurant licenses

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.

• 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.