Tavern Liquor Licenses Thinking about opening up a Class-B tavern/dance-tavern in Milwaukee or surrounding areas? Do yourself a huge favor and retain me to advise you about applicable municipal and state laws, and how to properly go about it before you purchase the building or sign a lease agreement. It may save you a ton of cash and lots of heartache and frustration! And, because it is a business-related expense, my fees are normally tax deductible (consult an accountant for more details about business-related tax deductions). Are you already a licensed tavern owner and having problems with potentially losing your liquor license due to neighborhood complaints and/or frequent police calls? Then you definitely need to call me to see how I can help you keep hold of your livelihood! Liquor License Requirements Though there are a few basic steps that must be taken to get any class license to serve or sell intoxicating beverages on or off premises, the circumstances of each applicant's intended physical location, background, nature of business and other factors dictate differing requirements for each application. Call or e-mail me anytime for a free consultation to discuss what might be required for your desired plans. Where and why might a license be denied? There is really no place in this area of the state where neighborhood associations or even individual residents do not routinely object to liquor licenses, especially new license applications. Milwaukee County and, in particular, the City of Milwaukee are tough areas in which to operate. No part of the city is free of objectors - not Walker's Point, not Brady Street, the rest of the east side, downtown, Bay View, North Avenue, River West, the north side, nor the south side. Objections are made for all kinds of reasons, including concentration of licensed establishments in any given area, health and safety concerns and owner/applicant fitness to run the business. Even having called the police yourself (or your employees having called them) more than once in a prior year to come to your tavern to help with problem customers or others can result in objections to your license renewal that can close you down for good if you don't have someone like me with the experience to assist and guide you through what can be a very traumatic and time-consuming experience before the city's licensing body. Do I really need a lawyer for my liquor license application or renewal? Even long-time tavern owners often do not have the legal experience, or even the time, to step up and fight trouble from neighborhood organizations, the area alder person or others when license troubles appear to be imminent. I can mount a successful defense of your license in ways my experience allows that you would never even think of on your own! Click HERE to read a funny OnMiIwaukee.com article about City of Milwaukee liquor sales hours, and to get an idea of how complex and confusing the liquor-license laws can be! BBB Accredited Business I also help those seeking professional licensure at the state level, such as for medical, real-estate, vendor and other licenses. I helped a controversial Milwaukee tavern owner get his doors back open in the face of what one Milwaukee alderman stated was some of the worst neighborhood opposition to a liquor license organized in the city's history! This was among the very first of many such cases with which I have successfully helped tavern owners in Wisconsin get and/or renew a Class-B tavern license, including Bar Louie (on Water Street in Milwaukee) and the Milwaukee Valley Scottish Rite on Van Buren. (A very happy tavern owner celebrates reopening his establishment after over a year of fighting city hall!)

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