by David Gabay | Mar 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Did you know that the Liquor Authority has now authorized a new license for caters who do not own their own retail food service premises? It allows them to cater events and serve alcohol from their own non-retail location on essentially the same terms as an...
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...
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...
