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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a)(1) There is a local caterer's license.
(2) The license is a separate alcoholic beverages license.
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may issue the license to a person that:
(i) does not already hold a license issued by the Board;
(ii) has facilities to prepare and deliver food to the site of a catered event; and
(iii) meets all other requirements of this article.
(2) Before the Board issues or renews the license, the county health department shall approve the food preparation facilities for a catered event.
(3) An applicant for or holder of the license is not required to have a banquet hall.
(c) The license authorizes a holder to:
(1) provide alcoholic beverages at an event that is held off the premises of the food preparation facilities; and
(2) exercise the privileges of the license only during the hours and on the days authorized for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.
(d) The license holder may not:
(1) hold an event that the license holder sponsors; or
(2) provide only alcoholic beverages at an event.
(e) The license holder shall:
(1) contract for and provide food for consumption at a catered event;
(2) meet the same ratio of gross receipts between food and alcoholic beverage sales as a holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license; and
(3) purchase all alcoholic beverages from the Alcohol Beverage Services.
(f) The annual license fee is $1,250.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 25-1201 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/alcoholic-beverages-and-cannabis/md-code-al-bev-sect-25-1201/
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