11/10/2020
Over the weekend, Denver required that a retail food establishment, who partners with a bar to provide full meals, must be directly adjacent to the bar in order to qualify. The Tavern League spoke with the Liquor Enforcement Division expressing our concern over this arbitrary and unacceptable requirement.
The City of Denver has since adjusted this requirement and will be releasing guidance clarifying that immediately adjacent is within a 10 MINUTE DELIVERY RADIUS. The language will be as follows:
‘Under the “Home by Ten” PHO, bars may only allow on-premises alcohol consumption if they make full meals available from a licensed retail food establishment at all times that alcohol is being served. For bars who are partnering with off-site licensed retail food establishments to satisfy this requirement, the PHO intends that this food service be full sit-down meal service that is as immediately available as if the food were being provided by an on-premises full-menu kitchen. Therefore, an off-premises licensed retail food establishment must be within a 10-MINUTE DELIVERY RADIUS of the bar’s permanent licensed premises and must be able to provide the food promptly for seated meal service at the premises.’
