Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-A. Liquors § 10. Class A restaurant and off-premises retail licensee on same premises

1. Class A restaurant or restaurant and off-premises retail licensee on same premises not prohibited. If a portion of the premises is licensed as an off-premises retail licensee, this Title may not be construed to prohibit issuance of a Class III or Class IV license to the same licensee for a restaurant or Class A restaurant for the remaining portion of the premises, as long as necessary qualifications are maintained for each separately licensed area and food is available for free or purchase at all times that liquor is sold for on-premises consumption.

2. Access between the 2 licensed areas. There may be access between the 2 licensed areas for the licensee or the licensee's employees if it is through areas open only to the licensee or the employees. There must be complete nonaccess between the 2 licensed areas by the public.

2-A. Repealed. Laws 2013, c. 344, § 1, eff. Sept. 30, 2015.

2-B. Access exception. Notwithstanding subsection 2, there may be access between the 2 licensed areas by the public as provided by this subsection.

3. Licensee to maintain separate records, supplies and inventory. The licensee shall maintain records within each separate licensed establishment in accordance with the appropriate license privilege authorized for each separate area. The licensee shall maintain supplies and inventory separately in accordance with the appropriate license privilege either in each separate licensed establishment or, with prior approval of the bureau, in one storage area on the premises with appropriate separation of the supplies and inventory.

4. Application. This section does not apply to: