(A) Authority. A restaurant liquor license is the authority under which the sale for consumption of alcoholic and malt beverages is permitted for a RESTAURANT, as defined in § 4-1-1.
(B) Initial application. An initial applicant for a restaurant liquor license shall provide a statement, to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, that the primary source of revenue from the operation of the restaurant will be derived from the sale of food and not from the sale of alcoholic and malt beverages.
(C) License renewal. An applicant for the renewal of a restaurant liquor license shall provide as part of the application a statement that not less than 60% of the gross sales in the preceding 12 months’ operation of the licensed restaurant was derived from the sale of food services. Accompanying the application for renewal shall be a report of the annual gross sales from the preceding 12 months’ operation of the restaurant, separately reporting the gross sales figures of food service sales and alcoholic and malt beverage sales.
(D) License transfer. No restaurant liquor license shall be transferred to a different location. License ownership may be transferred to a purchaser or lessee of the licensed premises with the approval of the Council.
(E) Restrictions. Restaurant liquor licenses do not permit the sale of alcoholic or malt beverages off the licensed premises. Alcoholic and malt beverages shall be served for on premises consumption only and served only in dining areas which are adequately staffed and equipped for all food services offered by the restaurant. A restaurant liquor licensee may permit a patron to remove one unsealed bottle of wine for off-premises consumption; provided, that the patron has purchased a full course meal and consumed a portion of the bottle of wine with the meal on the restaurant premises. For purposes of this division (E), the term FULL COURSE MEAL shall mean a diversified selection of food which is ordinarily consumed with the use of tableware and cannot conveniently be consumed while standing or walking. A partially consumed bottle of wine that is to be removed from the premises pursuant to this division (E) shall be securely sealed by the licensee or an agent of the licensee and placed in a tamper-proof transparent bag which shall also be securely sealed prior to removal from the premises, so that it is visibly apparent that the resealed bottle of wine has not been tampered with. The licensee or agent of the licensee shall provide a dated receipt for the bottle of wine to the patron. Wine which is resealed in accordance with the provisions of this division (E) shall not be deemed an open container for purposes of Wyo. Stat. § 31-5-235.
(F) Service area minors restricted. Alcoholic and malt beverages shall be dispensed and prepared for consumption in one room upon the licensed premises separated from the dining area in which alcoholic and malt beverages may be served. No consumption of alcoholic or malt beverages shall be permitted within the dispensing room, nor shall any person other than employees over the age of 18 years be permitted to enter the dispensing room.
(G) Food sales required. All sales of alcoholic and malt beverages authorized by a restaurant liquor license shall cease at the time food sales and services cease or at the time specified in this chapter if food sales and service extends beyond that time.
(H) Limited activities. No restaurant licensee shall promote the restaurant as a bar and lounge, nor shall the licensee compete with a retail liquor license in activities other than dinner functions, including but not limited to dances, receptions, and other social gatherings.
(Prior Code, § 4-1B-3) (Ord. 381, passed 11-16-2017) Penalty, see § 1-4-1