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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Licensed premises

English answer:

premises licensed for alcohol

Added to glossary by B D Finch
Jan 9, 2011 12:59
13 yrs ago
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English term

Licensed premises

English Bus/Financial Retail US usage
This is the term that I would use in UK English for "debit de boissons", but I would like to know whether this would be intelligible to an American reader. Though the document that I'm writing is in UK English, some/all of the readers are liable to be from the US.
Responses
3 +3 premises licensed for alcohol
5 +1 add in parentheses liquor license

Discussion

Veronika McLaren Jan 9, 2011:
@B D Finch Indeed we are a separate country and hope to stay that way, but we are still largely on the same North American continent. I don't think hotel and restaurant chains chains would adjust for the market in Canada. I haven't been to Texas or down south in Louisiana, however...It is probably a good idea, though, to mention the liquor.
Travelin Ann Jan 9, 2011:
@ B D Finch With Tony, a few different terms come to mind, depending on the kind of "licensed premises" (a term I understand, but I don't consider myself a typical US reader, because I've spent much time in other countries).
B D Finch (asker) Jan 9, 2011:
@Veronika Have I missed something? I thought that Canada was still a separate country!
Veronika McLaren Jan 9, 2011:
In Canada the average person would know what a licensed premise is.
Tony M Jan 9, 2011:
UK / US I don't think you're going to find a single answer, B. Perhaps you'll have to use both solutions together ;-)
Lisa Miles Jan 9, 2011:
don't know how to change my answer, but I think premises with a liquor permit would be good
Kim Metzger Jan 9, 2011:
The answer to your question is 'no.' The average American would not know what licensed premises are. One possibility would be to add bar, pub, etc. in parentheses.

Responses

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premises licensed for alcohol

premises licensed for sale/consumption of alcohol

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-01-09 16:02:41 GMT)
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In the United States, liquor licences are issued by each state. Each city and localities may also have laws and regulations in acquiring such licence. For example, in the state of Oregon, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) regulates and controls the distribution, sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Depending on the local regulations, there may be several different classes of liquor licences. There may be several choices of licence classes depending on how one intends to sell the alcoholic beverages.


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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-01-09 16:05:46 GMT)
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premises with a liquor permit
Note from asker:
Thanks Lisa. Yes, the solution is 'premises licensed for the sale of alcohol'. Better long-winded than unintelligible to the readers.
Peer comment(s):
agree Tony M : Asker's problem then becomes the fact that 'liquour permit' would not be understood by the average UK reader! We don't commonly use the word 'liquor' in this way, nor is 'permit' the most common word for a 'license' :-(
15 mins
thanks Tony, yes you're right, licensed for alcohol is prob best
neutral Charlesp : licensed to serve liquor (or alcohol)
5 hrs
agree Pham Huu Phuoc
12 hrs
thank you:)
agree Peter Skipp
16 hrs
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add in parentheses liquor license

Liquor license is the common term in the United States. Having lived in the US the last 58 years, this is the term that was and still is used most often. Although I think I only first tasted liquor about 54 years ago.

Liquor License + restaurant gets 2.7 million google hits.

This website is typical:

Liquor License
Many restaurants depend on their alcohol sales to add cushion to their tight profit on food. The ability or inability to obtain a liquor license often determines the fate of a restaurant project. If you decide to have your restaurant serve alcohol, do extensive research on how to obtain a license and get answers directly from the people who issue them. Here is a complete list of the ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control) Offices for each state, plus Puerto Rico and Canada. List of Control States at bottom of page.
http://restaurantfromscratch.com/liquorlicense

And a few more commercial type websites:

Liquor Licenses for Sale
Restaurants for Sale or Lease in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Liquor Licenses for Sale in PA and NJ:
http://www.restaurantsales.com/

New Chinese Restaurant Hungers For Liquor License
By Darcy Leigh Richardson

Christine Hsu is hungry to open her authentic Chinese restaurant in Belmont Shore.
Playfully named Me Soo Hungry, Hsu’s first business endeavor is scheduled to open in October at the former It’s A Grind Coffeehouse location, 5372 E. Second St. on the east end of Belmont Shore.
Hsu said there is a lack of a good Chinese restaurant in the Shore, and she fell in love with the property by the beach.
..
Although Hsu’s Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Type 41 (beer and wine) liquor license was protested by City Council during the Sept. 21 meeting,
Hsu said she plans to appeal to ABC in hopes of offering beverages that will complement her food, like Chinese beer and sake.
http://www.gazettes.com/news/business/article_8ca68ce4-cc08-...

AND from Michigan

New restaurant wins liquor license approval in Ada
Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 8:26 AM
By The Grand Rapids Press staff
ADA TOWNSHIP -- A new restaurant could be coming to the area.

The Township Board on Monday granted approval for a Class C liquor license for Rix 301, at 445 Ada Drive SE. It is the site of the former Thornapple Daily Grill, which closed last month.

Steven and Laura Davies, of Ada Township, in January plan to open the "American-style grill" for lunch and dinner, and eventually add weekend breakfasts.
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/0...


Peer comment(s):
agree trsk2000 (X)
2 hrs
Thanks Tariq
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