Lessons from the State Liquor Authority (SLA)

The new Liquor Authority administration has started strong. There are 5 lessons licensees, practitioners, and applicants should learn from the recent activity: Applications are more likely to be disapproved if incomplete or unclear on any issues. The goal to decrease...

Latest Revisions to Liquor Store Applications

The Authority has revised the Liquor Store and Wine Store application to assist applicants in providing more complete and accurate information and complying with all mandatory requirements. The primary changes include: a revision to the application checklist to verify...

Case Study (and YES, it’s a true story)

When it lost its lease and was forced to move to a new location, a local bar prepared and filed its own removal application with the State Liquor Authority.  The answer he provided in the application did not conform to the actual practices at the bar.  The bar owner...