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If you have a restaurant or you are considering opening one up, there are several issues to take care of. One of them will be the decision to serve alcohol or not. This is a touchy subject though and one that requires a great deal of consideration. First, you need to find out if you can even serve alcohol in that location. This can be determined by your city ordinances.

Serving alcohol at a restaurant can be profitable and that is why so many people choose to do so. You also get your hands on those guests who love to eat out but want an alcoholic drink to go with it. They will frequent other establishments if you don’t offer them that choice regardless of how good your food is. Other people are turned off by any restaurant though that does serve alcohol so they won’t come in.

You will find that offering alcohol does draw in a nice crowd. Some people will come in just so they can drink with their meal. Others will see that they are offered on the menu and choose to have one or two with their meal. Some people don’t go to restaurants that serve alcohol at all. Others only want that type of establishment due to their interest in drinking. It can be hard to decide which one is going to work the most in your favor.

Keep in mind that there will be quite a bit of an investment with serving alcohol at the restaurant. You will need to have the supplies on hand as well as the space for a bar to be put in. There are glasses, the liquor, and of course working with the supplier. That is quite a bit to take on so be prepared.

Yet if you get a good crowd that does want the alcohol, you can sell it for quite a profit. That is good news as that is what you want to be able to do with your restaurant overall. Alcohol can be purchased for a low price and then marked up as much as 100% and people will still pay for it.

There are laws about how old a person must be to serve alcoholic beverages. In most locations it is 18 but in others it is 21. You can still have staff under that age working for you, but they can’t serve the alcohol. Therefore you will need to have a plan of action in place to take care of this. For example another person who is old enough to deliver it for them.

You also need to make sure all of your guests who order alcohol are old enough to drink. Your staff needs to realize that serving under age individuals can result in serious problems for your business. Therefore each person should be asked for a photo ID regardless of how old they appear to be.

Guidelines need to be in place too for those who have obviously had enough to drink in your establishment. You do have the right to refuse to serve them alcohol. You don’t want to let them get behind the wheel of a vehicle either. If they don’t have someone to drive for them then call a cab to pick them up.