The correct answer, based on my training, is that this is correct only if the bar is run as a separate business from the restaurant AND if the license had the area of the restaurant drawn off as not included in the license. Then the bar area would probably be a 51% location and carry would be illegal. There would be red 51 signs required at the entrance to the bar.Tex1961 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:59 am It gets a little tricky with restaurants that have a dedicated bar inside... My understanding is that while you may sit in the restaurant area while carrying, you may not sit at the bar itself. Chili's restaurants is a good example of this.. Many of them have a dedicated bar inside where you cannot sit and drink while carrying...
Somebody please correct me if I am wrong... This very scenario was brought up in my instructor class and so was Chili's...
I have seen this in a few hotels where the restaurant and bar are contracted out and not part of the hotel. Different contractors might get the different businesses. A quick way to tell if this is true is if you can get a drink at your table (or in your room). If the bar is serving drinks in the restaurant area, it is one license and it is highly unlikely the bar has a 51% license. Chili's is a perfect example of the bar being in a single restaurant that covers the whole premises and is not 51% because of the food served.
Of course, you always have to be wary of carrying while intoxicated if you do drink. You are probably legally intoxicated (as in cannot pass a field sobriety test) way before you think you are intoxicated.