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Permalink Reply by Aaron C on October 12, 2009 at 5:42am

I believe that in most states, the age restriction is limited to "bars" or some similar category. That category is usually defined as establishments that make most of their money from the sales of alcohol or something along those lines. That's why in most areas some restaurants and coffee houses can obtain liquor licenses and not impose age restrictions.
Note that these rules vary not only by state but often by county as well and any definitive answer would have to be specific to the locale.

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Permalink Reply by Ron Ingber on October 12, 2009 at 7:22am

There was a discussion about this a while ago. The general consensus was that you have to have a "full" liquor license, regardless of whether you have a huge (alcohol) bar operation or just use liquors in creative coffee drinks. In New York State, the "full" liquor license is MUCH more expensive than the beer & wine license. Both involve HUGE amounts of paperwork.

After doing some research, I decided not to go any further.

Ron, the Country Guy

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