How bizarre it is here...IF I get a license, the guests may not consume their own alcohol in areas designated as 'alcohol imbibing zones'. Essentially, I could say the entire house and 1 acre grounds are fair game and sell alcohol at a huge profit.Arkansas has a special liquor law just for B&B's! As long as an owner or manager lives on-site, and you serve a cooked breakfast, you can get a permit to serve/sell beer and wine at your B&B, even in a "dry county" and it's MUCH cheaper than the license for a restaurant or other establishment. Occasionally Arkansas surprises me with it's far-sightedness. More often they surprise me for their LACK of same!.
How bizarre it is here...IF I get a license, the guests may not consume their own alcohol in areas designated as 'alcohol imbibing zones'. Essentially, I could say the entire house and 1 acre grounds are fair game and sell alcohol at a huge profit.Arkansas has a special liquor law just for B&B's! As long as an owner or manager lives on-site, and you serve a cooked breakfast, you can get a permit to serve/sell beer and wine at your B&B, even in a "dry county" and it's MUCH cheaper than the license for a restaurant or other establishment. Occasionally Arkansas surprises me with it's far-sightedness. More often they surprise me for their LACK of same!.
OTOH, if I want to buy a bottle for ME? I have to buy it from a distributor and account for it monthly. I can't just run to the store and grab a bottle off the shelf.
There is a distributor in town but I could be required to drive to the city in order to have wine with dinner.
I have seen pkgs from other B&B's in town that have wine in them so I'm guessing others went to effort to do this.
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And here is where it gets bizarre in Arkansas, where a private club (such as a B&B alcohol license) CANNOT buy from a distributor, but MUST buy from a package store like John Q Public, including paying sales tax on it, then you have to charge the guest sales tax when they buy it from the B&B. At the "class" I was required to take when I was thinking of getting a private club license, one of the guys in the class said, "But but but that's taxing it TWICE!" The instructor's response was, "Cry me a river."Madeleine said:I have to buy it from a distributor and account for it monthly. I can't just run to the store and grab a bottle off the shelf.
That is sin, boy! SIN!!!!! If you are going to SIN, you must pay for your transgressions!!How bizarre it is here...IF I get a license, the guests may not consume their own alcohol in areas designated as 'alcohol imbibing zones'. Essentially, I could say the entire house and 1 acre grounds are fair game and sell alcohol at a huge profit.Arkansas has a special liquor law just for B&B's! As long as an owner or manager lives on-site, and you serve a cooked breakfast, you can get a permit to serve/sell beer and wine at your B&B, even in a "dry county" and it's MUCH cheaper than the license for a restaurant or other establishment. Occasionally Arkansas surprises me with it's far-sightedness. More often they surprise me for their LACK of same!.
OTOH, if I want to buy a bottle for ME? I have to buy it from a distributor and account for it monthly. I can't just run to the store and grab a bottle off the shelf.
There is a distributor in town but I could be required to drive to the city in order to have wine with dinner.
I have seen pkgs from other B&B's in town that have wine in them so I'm guessing others went to effort to do this.
.And here is where it gets bizarre in Arkansas, where a private club (such as a B&B alcohol license) CANNOT buy from a distributor, but MUST buy from a package store like John Q Public, including paying sales tax on it, then you have to charge the guest sales tax when they buy it from the B&B. At the "class" I was required to take when I was thinking of getting a private club license, one of the guys in the class said, "But but but that's taxing it TWICE!" The instructor's response was, "Cry me a river."Madeleine said:I have to buy it from a distributor and account for it monthly. I can't just run to the store and grab a bottle off the shelf.
Also, it's illegal to give free drinks away, because the state wants its sales tax and they don't get it on a give away. It's all about getting their taxes off the cash cow called alcohol.
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In VA you have to have one. You need to check with your state about their regs for B & B's but I am guessing...YES.
Yes, true. So just make sure you have a few spare license plates when you go git it!EmptyNest said:In VA you have to have one. You need to check with your state about their regs for B & B's but I am guessing...YES
I had know idea there are so many different laws on this. Can't wait to find out what MO. has to offer..
I've done your Stone Hill Winery tour. You should have no trouble getting your license and it will be a valuable addition to your establishment.Bob said:I had know idea there are so many different laws on this. Can't wait to find out what MO. has to offer.
Just go here to find out:I had know idea there are so many different laws on this. Can't wait to find out what MO. has to offer..
Just go here to find out:I had know idea there are so many different laws on this. Can't wait to find out what MO. has to offer..
http://http://www.atc.dps.mo.gov/
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That's great! Thank you so much!EmptyNest said:Just go here to find out:
http://http://www.atc.dps.mo.gov/
In Oregon, if you have 6 or less rooms, you can sell wine and beer without a liquor license. It makes it so great for those of us not close to a big town.
Hard alcohol has to be purchased from a liquor store..
A truly enlightened law. It does create a catch 22: as a business, I can buy wine from a wholesale distributor, but by law he can't deliver to a location lacking a license. So I have to go to the warehouse with the pick-up truck.Breakfast Diva said:In Oregon, if you have 6 or less rooms, you can sell wine and beer without a liquor license.
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