by David Gabay | Aug 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Keeping your license information up do date and accurate is key to your relationship with the Liquor Authority. Failing to do so can result in a world of pain-business and financial. Here is a list of the most common times when you need to update your information. If...
by David Gabay | Aug 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
I got an email today from a client who is buying a restaurant. He asked me a question I hear very often: can he let 'use' the seller's liquor license until he gets his own? The seller told him he could do it, and that it would speed up the closing a great deal. The...
by David Gabay | Aug 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Lately, I’ve been spending more time than usual sitting or waiting or daydreaming at the Liquor Authority’s full Board meetings while representing clients at their liquor license approval/disapproval hearings. It occurred to me that you or your clients...
by David Gabay | Aug 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was handing a liquor license application for a client buying a restaurant, and he just got his temporary license. He was in a near panic. He told me the wholesalers he was talking to would not sell to him on credit because he only had a temporary license. This was...
by David Gabay | Aug 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’m working on a liquor license for a new restaurant on Long Island. My client called the other day and asked if he could have a “Bring Your Own Bottle” program while he waits for his license application to be approved. I get that question a lot. So….here is the New...
