Category: Tavern

The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild “Beer Omnibus” bill contains some excellent advancements for bars, restaurants, wineries, distilleries and not-for-profits. With commentary.

Bars / Beer / Brewery / Brewpub / Chicago / Distillery / Distribution / Retailers / Statutes / Tavern / Vineyard / Wholesalers / Wine
April 19, 2023

Experience guides the law and the development of workable statutes is no exception to...

Selling alcoholic beverages in Illinois? Retailers, wholesalers, distilleries, breweries and wineries should get familiar with the soon-to-be new rule regarding alcoholic beverage promotions involving coupons and rebates; scan backs are prohibited.

Advertising / Bars / Beer / Brewery / Chicago / Craft Beer / Craft Distiller / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distribution / Regulations / Retailers / Sales / Tavern / Wine / Winemaking
June 20, 2022

Following an initial first-round publication (now edited) and two rounds of comments (here and...

In a win for Illinois hospitality, bars, hotels, restaurants, liquor stores, theaters and other “1A” Retailer Liquor Licensees receive full license fee waivers for upcoming 2022-2023 renewals.

Bars / Chicago / Illinois Liquor Control Commission / Licensing and Permits / Retailers / Tavern
June 16, 2022

In a boon to Illinois’s hospitality industry, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission has announced...

Illinois passes liquor control act amendments to clarify and expand in-state delivery and shipping rights for retail liquor licensees (stores, bars, etc.)

Bars / Illinois Liquor Control Commission / Retailers / Tavern
January 20, 2021

Illinois Senate Bill 54 from the state legislature’s last session had a long and...

Chicago bars lacking outdoor seating or food ordered shut for indoor service… again. It’s time to offer them funds for damages caused by these unfounded decisions about closing – there’s an interesting bill from New Jersey that offers some good insight about why and how to do that.

Bars / Brewery / Chicago / Distillery / Tavern
July 22, 2020

Chicago liquor licensees without access to outdoor seating are ordered shuttered for indoor service...

Bars, restaurants, and wineries, breweries, and distilleries with tap rooms should look to hospitality wins like this recent cruise industry defeat of COVID-19 “fear” and “proximity” cases for lessons and guidance on what to expect in upcoming coronavirus cases.

Bars / Brewery / Brewpub / COVID-19 Relief / Craft Beer / Craft Distiller / Dispensaries / Distillery / Suits / Tavern / Wine
July 20, 2020

Yes, expect it. Even with many states passing or considering COVID-19 protections for businesses...

Force Majeure Illinois Chicago bar and restaurant wins case to forestall rent payment against landlord in bankruptcy lease part 1

New case sides with Illinois bar and restaurant over rent decrease under force majeure clause during reduced operations under COVID-19 orders. Happened in the context of a bankruptcy, but the opinion contains valuable arguments and guidance that bars and restaurants should be aware of.

Bars / Brewpub / Chicago / COVID-19 Relief / Opinions / Retailers / Suits / Tavern
June 19, 2020

It was bound to happen. And I’m happy it was in Chicago, Illinois, that...

Court rules bar has no insurance coverage for battery and fatal shooting that occurred on premises where policy exclusions included assault and battery and firearms.

Bars / Suits / Tavern
June 10, 2020

A recent case involving an Illinois bar is a good reminder that insurance coverage...

Illinois bars restaurants dispensaries breweries, wineries, distributors distilleries liability for COVID-19 related injury to employees under new Illinois workers' compensation law amendments

New Illinois workers’ compensation law means almost every “essential business” now faces liability to its employees. Some possible protection for emplacing COVID-19 cleaning, safety and health restrictions – Illinois’s breweries, wineries, distilleries, bars, distributors, dispensaries, and restaurants included.

Bars / Brewery / Brewpub / Cannabis / Craft Beer / Craft Growers / Cultivators / Dispensaries / Distillery / Illinois Cannabis / Retailers / Tavern / Vineyard / Wholesalers
June 5, 2020

The Illinois legislature has passed a bill that codifies the previously invalidated workers’ compensation...

The @ILLiquorControl issues updated FAQ for tasting rooms, taprooms, bars, restaurants on limited operations during this phase of re-opening.

Bars / Beer / Brewery / COVID-19 Relief / Craft Beer / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Illinois Liquor Control Commission / Retailers / Sales / Tavern / Wine
June 1, 2020

On Friday, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission issued an FAQ geared at implementing the...

Here are the guidelines Illinois issued for bars and restaurants looking to re-open. Get familiar with them as a failure to meet these minimum standards could amount to trouble from regulators and grounds for liability from customers or employees that get sick.

Bars / Brewery / Brewpub / COVID-19 Relief / Craft Beer / Distillery / Retailers / Sales / Tavern / Vineyard
May 27, 2020

As part of Illinois’s path to re-opening those businesses shut-down or limited by Illinois’s...

Illinois allows cocktails to go illinois alcohol attorney chicago liquor attorney lawyer

New Illinois legislation allows bars and restaurants to sell cocktails to go, but for some reason, the act of drafting liquor legislation continues to be a hack-job. Do only glass containers work? What’s the work-around for brewpubs, tap rooms and distilling pubs?

Bars / Beer / Brewery / Brewing / Brewpub / Craft Beer / Delivery and Shipping / Distilled Spirits / Distillery / Distilling / Licensing and Permits / Retailers / Statutes / Tavern / Vineyard / Wine / Winemaking
May 26, 2020

The State of Illinois passed a bill expanding alcoholic beverage consumption options in its...

Category: Tavern

The Illinois Craft Brewers Guild “Beer Omnibus” bill contains some excellent advancements for bars, restaurants, wineries, distilleries and not-for-profits. With commentary.

Selling alcoholic beverages in Illinois? Retailers, wholesalers, distilleries, breweries and wineries should get familiar with the soon-to-be new rule regarding alcoholic beverage promotions involving coupons and rebates; scan backs are prohibited.

In a win for Illinois hospitality, bars, hotels, restaurants, liquor stores, theaters and other “1A” Retailer Liquor Licensees receive full license fee waivers for upcoming 2022-2023 renewals.

Illinois passes liquor control act amendments to clarify and expand in-state delivery and shipping rights for retail liquor licensees (stores, bars, etc.)

Chicago bars lacking outdoor seating or food ordered shut for indoor service… again. It’s time to offer them funds for damages caused by these unfounded decisions about closing – there’s an interesting bill from New Jersey that offers some good insight about why and how to do that.

Bars, restaurants, and wineries, breweries, and distilleries with tap rooms should look to hospitality wins like this recent cruise industry defeat of COVID-19 “fear” and “proximity” cases for lessons and guidance on what to expect in upcoming coronavirus cases.

New case sides with Illinois bar and restaurant over rent decrease under force majeure clause during reduced operations under COVID-19 orders. Happened in the context of a bankruptcy, but the opinion contains valuable arguments and guidance that bars and restaurants should be aware of.

Court rules bar has no insurance coverage for battery and fatal shooting that occurred on premises where policy exclusions included assault and battery and firearms.

The @ILLiquorControl issues updated FAQ for tasting rooms, taprooms, bars, restaurants on limited operations during this phase of re-opening.

Here are the guidelines Illinois issued for bars and restaurants looking to re-open. Get familiar with them as a failure to meet these minimum standards could amount to trouble from regulators and grounds for liability from customers or employees that get sick.

New Illinois legislation allows bars and restaurants to sell cocktails to go, but for some reason, the act of drafting liquor legislation continues to be a hack-job. Do only glass containers work? What’s the work-around for brewpubs, tap rooms and distilling pubs?

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