2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 12 - Alcoholic Beverages › Chapter 4 - Local Licenses › Article 4 - Resort and Restaurant Liquor Licenses › Section 12-4-413 - Bar and Grill Liquor License; Authorized; Requirements.

12-4-413. Bar and grill liquor license; authorized; requirements.
(a) Restaurants as defined by W.S. 12-1-101(a)(xiv) may be licensed by the appropriate licensing authority in counties, cities and towns under a bar and grill liquor license. In addition to the application requirements required by this title, the license applicant shall submit a valid food service permit upon application.
(b) Bar and grill liquor licenses shall be issued as follows:
(i) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 20, 2.
(ii) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 20, 2.
(iii) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 20, 2.
(iv) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 20, 2.
(v) Beginning July 1, 2023, the number of bar and grill liquor licenses for cities and towns shall be based on the following population formula:
(A) Not more than four (4) licenses in incorporated cities or towns with populations of seven thousand five hundred (7,500) or less;
(B) Not more than ten (10) licenses in incorporated cities with populations between seven thousand five hundred one (7,501) and twenty thousand (20,000);
(C) Not more than fourteen (14) licenses in incorporated cities with populations between twenty thousand one (20,001) and thirty thousand (30,000); and
(D) Not more than one (1) additional license for each additional five thousand (5,000) persons residing in incorporated cities over thirty thousand (30,000);
(E) This paragraph is repealed effective June 30, 2028.
(vi) Beginning July 1, 2028, the number of bar and grill liquor licenses for cities and towns shall be based on the following population formula:
(A) Not more than six (6) licenses in incorporated cities or towns with populations of seven thousand five hundred (7,500) or less;
(B) Not more than fourteen (14) licenses in incorporated cities with populations between seven thousand five hundred one (7,501) and twenty thousand (20,000);
(C) Not more than eighteen (18) licenses in incorporated cities with populations between twenty thousand one (20,001) and thirty thousand (30,000); and
(D) Not more than one (1) additional license for each additional three thousand (3,000) persons residing in incorporated cities over thirty thousand (30,000).
(c) Bar and grill liquor licenses may be granted by the county commissioners as the appropriate licensing authority in a county outside of incorporated cities and towns as follows:
(i) Repealed by Laws 2023, ch. 20, 2.
(ii) Beginning July 1, 2023, four (4) licenses for each seven thousand five hundred (7,500) persons residing outside incorporated cities and towns. This paragraph is repealed effective June 30, 2028;
(iii) Beginning July 1, 2028, six (6) licenses for each seven thousand five hundred (7,500) persons residing outside incorporated cities and towns.
(d) The license fee assessed for a bar and grill liquor license shall be not less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than ten thousand five hundred dollars ($10,500.00).
(e) A bar and grill liquor license shall not be sold, transferred or assigned by the holder.
(f) Bar and grill liquor licensees shall not sell alcoholic or malt beverages for off-premises consumption from the licensed building owned or leased by the licensee except as allowed under this subsection. The following shall apply to sales of alcoholic and malt beverages:
(i) All sales of alcoholic and malt beverages authorized by a bar and grill liquor license shall cease at the time food sales and services cease or at the hours specified by W.S. 12-5-101(a) if food sales and services extend beyond the hours specified therein;
(ii) A bar and grill liquor licensee may permit a patron to remove one (1) partially consumed 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 bar and grill premises. For purposes of this paragraph the term "full course meal" shall mean food which 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 paragraph 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 paragraph shall not be deemed an open container for purposes of W.S. 31-5-235.
(g) An applicant for a bar and grill liquor license shall satisfy the appropriate licensing authority that not less than sixty percent (60%) of revenue from the operation of the bar and grill to be licensed will be derived from food services, entertainment or a combination of food services and entertainment and not from the sale of alcoholic or malt beverages.
(h) When renewing a bar and grill liquor license, the appropriate licensing authority shall condition renewal upon a requirement that not less than sixty percent (60%) of gross sales from the preceding twelve (12) months operation of a licensed bar and grill be derived from food services, entertainment or a combination of food services and entertainment.
(j) The appropriate licensing authority shall consider the type, level and appropriateness of food services and entertainment sales proposed in each application when determining whether to issue or renew a bar and grill license.
(k) Upon application for license renewal, a license holder shall submit an annual report to the licensing authority on the sales of the licensed bar and grill. The report shall contain the annual gross sales figures of the bar and grill and shall separate the gross sales figures into the following three (3) categories:
(i) Food service sales;
(ii) Alcoholic and malt beverage sales;
(iii) Entertainment sales.