Restaurant owners often see other restaurateurs as competitors, but I’d like to rethink this perspective. Other restaurateurs are also your …
Category: Retail Liquor License
Increasing profit margins
I heard a veteran restauranteer’s theory for increasing profit margins. He raised lower-priced menu items more than the higher-priced menu …
Lifestyle Discrimination Suits a New Trend
There is a new flavor of discrimination suit being lodged by employees – the lifestyle discrimination suit. Employees alledge discrimination …
You can be your own landlord. Really, the SLA says so!!
There are a lot of documents, applications and questionnaires that must be submitted when applying for a liquor license with …
SLA is serious about record keeping
New York Alcohol Beverage Control Law requires licensees to keep their business books and records in order. Did you know …
Exempt activities under the 200 foot rule
Applicants for a liquor license often are faced with the 200 foot rule which prohibits any license from being issued …
How does your restaurant measure up?
How do you know if your restaurant is performing well? The IRS reported industry averages for small business restaurants that …
New Employee Orientation at Your Restaurant or Bar
You find yourself in need of additional help and desperately put your new hire in place so that the business …
How to “revive” an application disapproved due to pending revocation proceedings
If an alcoholic beverage license application is disapproved because of a pending revocation proceeding, that is, that disapproval was not …
What a Craft Brewery Needs to Know about Sponsoring Photo and Video Contests
Photo and video contests usually center on consumers using the sponsor’s product or service. The use of smart phone cameras …