Liquor licenses · Pennsylvania
What a Pennsylvania restaurant license actually sells for: every PLCB auction, 2016 to 2026
449 license offerings across 15 state auctions, compiled into one table by county, with the bidders who keep winning and the June 2026 cross-county auction that sent unsold rural licenses for up to $557,777.
Florida
The 2026 quota license drawing: 63 licenses, and how many people entered last time
County by county, with 2024 and 2025 applicant counts from the state.
Service charges
Service charge disclosure rules in four states
California, Colorado, Florida and Minnesota, quoted from the statute or attorney general.
Kitchen
The complete restaurant kitchen equipment list
130 items station by station, with the NSF/ANSI standards and Food Code rules that apply, and a sheet to download.
Kitchen rules
Dishwasher temperatures, hand sinks and thermometers
What the 2022 FDA Food Code text says about the equipment inspectors look at.
From 2017
Everything you need to know about your restaurant liquor license
The original 2017 primer, kept as it was published.
About Restaurateur News
Restaurateur News has been on the web in two earlier runs. It began in 2000 as The Restaurateur News, an online newsletter about restaurant profitability. From 2017 it ran as a restaurant-operator site covering operations, trends, marketing and finance. It then went quiet for several years.
The publication resumed in September 2026 with the same beat: the practical business of running an independent restaurant. We favor records over opinions, which means state license auction and lottery data, statute text, and code sections, each linked where it appears. The 2017 articles remain available below as they were first published, and are not updated.
From the archive (2017)
Published in 2017 and preserved as they were. Some details, such as wages, prices and laws, will have changed since. The 2019 front page is here.
- How To Build Restaurant Website?
- Buying A Restaurant Franchise - Things To Know
- Buying an Existing Restaurant - Acquire Your Way to the Top
- Casual Restaurant Concept Explained
- Chart Of Accounts For Restaurant Simplified [2017]
- 7 Step Guide For Choosing The Right Restaurant Location
- 5 Things You Should Pay Attention When Choosing a Restaurant Name
- 3 Things That Define Every Fine Dining Restaurant
- How to Run a Restaurant Kitchen - Comprehensive Guide
- 7 Important Facts with Pop Up Restaurant Laws
- 7 Reasons Why Pop Up Restaurants Became So Popular
- Pricing Restaurant - How to Maximize Profits
- Renting A Restaurant - What You Need To Know
- Restaurant Advertising Tips To Overbook Your Restaurant
- Restaurant Apps - Find The Perfect One Today
- Restaurant Areas - More than the Sum of its Parts
- Restaurant Cashflow and Simple Ways to Explain it
- Restaurant Chef Job - a Perfect Candidate [2017]
- Restaurant Com Scam [Revealed]. Don't fall for it.
- Restaurant Coupons Dilemma - When and How to Use Them?
- Restaurant Dining Room Set up Guide
- Restaurant Employee Rights - Used Or Abused?
- Restaurant Employee Theft - Outsmarting The Boss!
- Top Options For Restaurant Financing
- Restaurant Gift Cards With Bonus
- Restaurant Going Green Process
- Restaurant Insurance Guide - Choosing Wisely
- [Full List] Restaurant Job Titles & Roles Explained
- Restaurant Jobs For 16 Year Olds - What's Allowed?
- Everything You Need To Know About Your Restaurant Liquor License
- Restaurant Management Guide [Updated 2017]
- Restaurant Manager Tips - What to know?
- Restaurant Menu Pricing - A Way to Great Business
- What It's Like To Be A Restaurant Owner?
- The Complete Guide To Restaurant Payroll
- Restaurant Sins For Getting Fired
- Restaurant Skills Resume Review [2017]
- Restaurant Social Media Importance: Why and How?
- Restaurant Staffing - Outstaff the Competition
- Restaurant Theme Ideas That Will Make You Go, "Whoa"
- Restaurant Themes Ideas - 10 Very Creative Places
- Restaurant Workstations Guide
- Small Town Restaurant Ideas - How to Stand Out
- Simple Tips To Start Your Own Restaurant [2017]
- Team Building Activities For Restaurant Staff
- The First Fast Food Restaurant
- Turn Key Restaurant - Business Guide That Will Make You Succeed
- Used Restaurant Equipment - Why To Buy?