Opening a restaurant involves a lot of permits, inspections and licenses. For those opening an establishment in the City of Buffalo, here is a list of...
Catering Establishment licenses for corporate events
Many businesses wish to offer food and beverage services for corporate events without the burden of a full-service restaurant available every day. In ...
Checklist for serving food
Are you opening a food-serving restaurant or bar? Many restauranteers are the DIY type. To be sure you pass the health department inspections relating...
Delayed liquor license applications caused by existing license
You’ve decided to buy a bar or restaurant. You’ve spent hours and hours putting together an excellent liquor license application packet (or even j...
3 ways restaurants can offset effects of NYS minimum wage increase
The Governor has proposed to raise New York’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.75, a 17% increase of $1.50 per hour. If labor costs average one-third o...
Employee or Contractor?
The IRS has 20 factors in its test to determine if a worker is an employee or independent contractor. IRS warns that not all factors are considered in...
Relocating a Business with a New York Liquor License
Is your lease expiring? Buying a new building? Expanding to a large location? If your business has a New York liquor license, you will have to apply i...
Liquor Liability Insurance
There are so many insurances for business owners: general liability, worker’s comp, disability, health, key man insurance… you probably don’t ev...
New Year’s Resolution for your patent strategy: 5 steps to an effective defense for prior art rejections
March 2013 is just around the corner, and with it come the new patent laws initiated by the approval of the America Invents Act. This New Year’s, ma...
Are internet sales platforms for alcohol illegal?
The most basic principle behind liquor licensing laws is that it is illegal to sell alcohol without the proper license(s). Once upon a time, this conc...