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FOODREQUIREMENTSFORTEMPORARYUSEOFANANNUALLICENSE(TUAL)
WHATAMOUNTOFFOODMUSTIPROVIDE?
TWO:AFullOn‐PremisesSalesLicenseenotprovidingdistilledspiritsattheeventandaLimitedOn‐PremisesSalesLicensee
mustprovideatalltimesandinallareaswherealcoholserviceisavailableatleasttwodifferentsubstantialfooditems.
FIVE:AFullOn‐PremisesSalesLicenseeprovidingdistilledspiritsattheeventmustprovideatalltimesandinallareas
wherealcoholserviceisavailableatleastfivedifferentsubstantialfooditems.
WHATISASUBSTANTIALFOODITEM?
Thisisafooditemthatistypicallyservedasamaincourseorentrée.Someexamplesarefish,steak,chicken,pasta,pizza,and
sandwiches.Sidedishes,appetizeritems,dessertitems,andsnackitemssuchaspopcorn,peanuts,chipsandcrackersdonotqualify
assubstantialfooditems.
WHATDOES“DIFFERENT”MEAN
?
“Different”meanssubstantialfooditemsthattheOLCCdeterminesdifferintheirprimaryingredientsormethodofpreparation.For
example,aturkeysandwichdiffersfromasalamisandwich,abeefburgerdiffersfromaturkeyburger,andfriedchickendiffersfrom
bakedchicken.Differentsizesofthesameitemarenotco
nsidereddifferent.
ISTHEREANEXCEPTIONTOPROVIDINGTHETWOORFIVEDIFFERENTSUBSTANTIALFOODITEMS?
TheOLCCmustdeterminethattheclearlydominantemphasisisfoodserviceatalltimesintheareawherealcoholserviceis
availableinorderforyoutoprovideonlyonesubstantialfooditemifyouarenotprovidingdistilledspiritsoronetofourdifferent
substantialfooditemsifyouareaFullOn‐PremisesSalesLicenseeprovidingdistilledspirits.TheOLCCwillworkwithyoutomake
thisdeterminationpriortoapprovingyourapplication.
WHATDOESITMEANTOPROVIDEFOODSERVICE“ATALLTIMESANDINALLAREASWHEREALCOHOLSERVICEISAVAILABLE”?
Patronsmustbeabletoobtainfoodserviceinsidethespecialeventlicensedarea.Youmayuseeitherofthefollowingtwomethods
toprovidefoodservice:
Withinallareaswherealcoholserviceisavailable,havetheminimumrequiredfooditemsavailableforpatronsatalltimes;
or
Withinallarea
swherealcoholserviceisavailable,haveamenuoftheminimumrequiredfooditems(plusanyotheritems
youmaychoosetoinclude)availableforpatronsatalltimesandbeabletoprovidethefooditemsintheareaifapatron
choosestoorderfood.Thefooditemscoul
dbekeptatalocationotherthantheareawherethealcoholisserved;
however,youmustbeabletoprovidethefooditemstothepatronintheareawherealcoholserviceisavailable.
ISPROVIDINGTASTINGSOFALCOHOLCONSIDEREDPROVIDINGALCOHOLSERVICE?
Yes,providingtastingsofalcoholisconsideredprovidingalcoholservice;therefore,thefoodrequirementsmustbemet.
MAYIUSEFOODPROVIDEDBYACONTRACTORORCONTRACTORSTOMEETTHEFOODREQUIREMENT?
Yes,thefoodservicemaybeprovidedbysomeoneotherthanyou;however,eveniffoodserviceisprovidedbyacontractor,you
arefullyresponsibleforcompliancewiththefoodrequirements.Youmaysellorservealcoholonlywhenfoodservicethatmeets
therequirementisprovidedtopatronsatalltimesandinallareaswherealcoholserviceisavailable.
WHOMAYTH
ECONTRACTFORTHEFOODSERVICEBEWITH?
Thecontractmaybebetween:
You(theOLCClicensee)andthefoodservicecontractor;or
Theorganizeroftheeventandthefoodservicecontractor.
DOESTHEFOODSERVICECONTRACTNEEDTOBEINWRITING?
No,thefoodservicecontractdoesnotneedtobeinwriting;however,youmaysellorservealcoholonlywhenfoodservicethat
meetstherequirementisprovidedtopatronsatalltimesandinallareaswherealcoholserviceisavailable.