Tavern

• Sale, service and consumption of beer, wine, and liquor by the drink for on-premises consumption.
• Must have available a minimum of sandwiches and light snacks to patrons when the sale of alcohol is provided, but tavern licensees can serve as much of a meal as they want.

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

Multiple ownership is legal with the following classes of liquor licenses:

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

A 500-foot distance restriction from public and parochial schools, colleges, universities, and seminaries applies to new tavern applications.

• 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 $75 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 and a new manager must be registered within 30 days of the change.
• A manager is required to submit a complete set of fingerprints.