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by C-dub
Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:48 am
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Re: What should I have done = 51% sign

apostate wrote:
C-dub wrote:
RiverCity.45 wrote: More likely, the owners got the standard kit of signs from TABC and mistakenly posted the 51% sign in the bar area because they do not understand the rules. I have seen this before (e.g., Hofbrau in San Antonio)
It's not exactly a mistake to place it in the bar area
Well... Texas Government Code 411.204 requires a 51% establishment to "prominently display at each entrance to the business premises a sign that complies with the requirements of Subsection (c)."
See what I mean. I get out so little that I'm not even worried about running into an actual 51% place. Barely went to places like that when I was younger and really have no reason to go now.

The places I do go sometimes have a bar area and one can take their drinks to the tables. We're mostly talking about places like "On the Border" and various steak houses.
by C-dub
Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:23 pm
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Re: What should I have done = 51% sign

AEA wrote:
C-dub wrote:
Pawpaw wrote:It would probably be a good idea now to check the TABC website to see if it really is a 51% location.
I was thinking the same thing. Jmace57, do you remember what color the "51%" watermark was? Red or Blue?

AEA, can the bar area be distinguished from the rest of the restaurant? A couple of places I go to pick up " to go" orders make me go to the bar area to either order or pick it up and pay. I have not seen a 51% sign there yet.
Possibly others are correct that it should be posted at the door if it is one business and at the bar if it is two businesses.

Dunno, I don't get out much. :smilelol5:

What I do recall is that places that are restaurants that contain bars are fine to enter carrying as long as you do not go into the bar area which is usually in one end of the places or otherwise partitioned off with low walls or grills but possibly visible to all.

These usually have the 51% at the bar area, but you are still good if you are eating outside the bar area.
I don't get out that much either. I do get to a few Mexican restaurants and steak houses and most of these also have bar areas. However, I have a hard time understanding how they could separate the two, business wise. The receipts are the same. And, for the most part, there is no way I would ever believe any of these places could earn more than 51% of their sales from alcohol. Oh, BTW, the ones I do go to only have the "Unlicensed Possession" signs.
by C-dub
Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:02 pm
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Topic: What should I have done = 51% sign
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Re: What should I have done = 51% sign

RiverCity.45 wrote: More likely, the owners got the standard kit of signs from TABC and mistakenly posted the 51% sign in the bar area because they do not understand the rules. I have seen this before (e.g., Hofbrau in San Antonio)
It's not exactly a mistake to place it in the bar area just like there doesn't have to be a 30.06 sign at every entrance or even at the entrance. It's nice when it is, but it doesn't have to be.
by C-dub
Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:53 pm
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Topic: What should I have done = 51% sign
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Re: What should I have done = 51% sign

Pawpaw wrote:It would probably be a good idea now to check the TABC website to see if it really is a 51% location.
I was thinking the same thing. Jmace57, do you remember what color the "51%" watermark was? Red or Blue?

AEA, can the bar area be distinguished from the rest of the restaurant? A couple of places I go to pick up " to go" orders make me go to the bar area to either order or pick it up and pay. I have not seen a 51% sign there yet.

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