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(A) All retail licensees shall maintain a schedule of the prices charged for all drinks of alcoholic liquor to be served and consumed on the licensed premises or in any room or part thereof. Whenever a hotel or multi-use establishment which holds a valid retailer's license operates on its premises more than one establishment at which drinks of alcoholic liquor are sold at retail, the hotel or multi-use establishment shall maintain at each such establishment a separate schedule of the prices charged for such drinks at the establishment.
(B) No retail licensee or employee or agent of such licensee shall:
(1) Serve two (2) or more drinks of alcoholic liquor at one time to one person for consumption by that one person, except conducting product sampling pursuant to paragraphs (A) and (B) below or selling or delivering wine by the bottle or carafe;
(a) Retailer, distributor, importing distributor, manufacturer and nonresident dealer licensees may conduct product sampling for consumption at a licensed retail location. Up to three (3) samples, consisting of no more than (I) one-fourth (1/4) ounce of distilled spirits, (ii) one (1) ounce of wine, or (iii) two (2) ounces of beer may be served to a consumer in one (1) day.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), an on-premises retail licensee may offer for sale and serve more than one (1) drink per person for sampling purposes without violating paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section 6-28 or paragraph (6) of subsection (c) of Section 6-28 of this Act, provided the total quantity of the sampling package, regardless of the number of containers in which the alcoholic liquor is being served, does not exceed one (1) ounce of distilled spirits, four (4) ounces of wine, or sixteen (16) ounces of beer. In any event, all provisions of this Section shall apply to an on-premises retail licensee that conducts product sampling.
(2) Sell, offer to sell or serve to any person an unlimited number of drinks of alcoholic liquor during any set period of time for a fixed price, except at private functions not open to the general public;
(3) Sell, offer to sell or serve any drink of alcoholic liquor to any person on any one date at a reduced price other than that charged other purchasers of drinks on that day where such reduced price is a promotion to encourage consumption of alcoholic liquor, except as authorized in subsection C(7) of this Section.
(4) Increase the volume of alcoholic liquor contained in a drink, or the size of a drink of alcoholic liquor, without increasing proportionately the price regularly charged for the drink on that day;
(5) Encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any game or contest which involves drinking alcoholic liquor or the awarding of drinks of alcoholic liquor as prizes for such game or contest on the licensed premises; or
(6) Advertise or promote in any way, whether on or off the licensed premises, any of the practices prohibited under paragraphs (1) through (5).
(C) Nothing in subsection B shall be construed to prohibit a licensee from:
(1) Offering free food or entertainment at any time;
(2) Including drinks or alcoholic liquor as part of a meal package;
(3) Including drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a hotel package;
(4) Negotiating drinks of alcoholic liquor as part of a contract between a hotel or multi-use establishment and another group for the holding of any function, meeting, convention or trade show;
(5) Providing room service to persons renting rooms at a hotel;
(6) Selling pitchers (or the equivalent, including but not limited to buckets), carafes, or bottles of alcoholic liquor which are customarily sold in such manner and delivered to two (2) or more persons at one time; or
(7) Increasing prices of drinks of alcoholic liquor in lieu of, in whole, or in part, a cover charge to offset the cost of special entertainment not regularly scheduled.
(D) A violation of this Section shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of the retailer's license as provided by Article IV of this Code. (235 ILCS 5/6-28)
No license shall be issued for the sale of any alcoholic liquor at retail within one hundred (100) feet of any church, school (other than an institution of higher learning), hospital, home for the aged or indigent persons, or for veterans, their spouses or children or any military or naval station; provided, that this prohibition shall not apply to hotels offering restaurant service, regularly organized clubs or to restaurants, food shops, or other places where the sale of alcoholic liquors is not the principal business carried on if such place of business so exempted shall have been established for such purposes prior to the taking effect of this Chapter; nor to the renewal of a license for the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor on the premises within one hundred (100) feet of any church or school where such church or school has been established within such one hundred (100) feet since the issuance of the original license. In the case of a church, the distance of one hundred (100) feet shall be measured to the nearest part of any building used for worship services or educational programs and not to property boundaries.
Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance of a license to a church or private school to sell at retail alcoholic liquor if any such sales are limited to periods when groups are assembled on the premises solely for the promotion of some common object other than the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquors. (235 ILCS 5/6-11)
A retail liquor dealer's license shall permit the sale of alcoholic liquor only on the premises described in the application and license. Such location may be changed only upon the written permit to make such change issued by the President. No change of location shall be permitted unless the proposed new location is a proper one for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor under the law of this state and the Code of this municipality. (235 ILCS 5/7-14)
No license shall be issued to any person for the sale at retail of any alcoholic liquor at any store or other place of business where the majority of customers are minors of school age or where the principal business transacted consists of school books, school supplies, food, lunches, or drinks for such minors. (235 ILCS 5/6-12)
The licensee shall not knowingly permit any person to leave his premises with open liquor or in a “cup-to-go”.
21-3-8 LIQUOR IN VEHICLES; UNDERAGE.
The presence in a vehicle other than a public vehicle of any alcoholic liquor shall be prima facie evidence that it is in the possession of and is being carried by all persons occupying such vehicle at the time of which such alcoholic liquor is found, except under the following circumstances:
(A) If such liquor is found on the person of one of the occupants therein; or
(B) If such vehicle contains at least one occupant over twenty-one (21) years of age.
All such licensees may sell alcoholic liquor at retail, by the drink or in the original package for consumption either on or off the premises licensed on the day of any national, state, county or municipal election, including primary elections during the hours the polls are open within the political area in which such election is being held and on Sundays; subject to all the remaining terms, conditions and opening hours and closing hours as set forth in this Chapter.
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