Forty expired restaurant licenses for off-premises alcohol sales in the state are being made available to the highest bidder. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) has issued an invitation for bids to award expired restaurant licenses in the initial license auction authorized by Act 39 of 2016.
Licenses are up for bid in the following counties. The parenthetical number indicates the number of licenses available:
• Allegheny County (4)
• Philadelphia (4) • Butler (2)
• Cameron (2) • Chester (2) • Dauphin (2) • Delaware (2)
• Erie (2) • Indiana (2)
• Lancaster (2) • Lehigh (2)
• Montgomery (2)
• Somerset (2)
• Westmoreland (2) • York (2)
• Blair (1) • Bucks (1)
• Centre (1) • Cumberland (1)
• Washington (1)
Bids for these 40 licenses are due Thursday, October 27, and auction winners will be determined the week of October 31. The minimum bid for each license is $25,000, and each bid must be accompanied by a $5,000 bid surety. The highest responsive bidder for each license will win the right to submit an application for the license to the PLCB within six months of auction award. If bid payment is not received within two weeks of auction award, the second-highest bidder will have opportunity to apply for the license.
Please contact PFMA if you are interested in bidding for one of these licenses.
Licenses are up for bid in the following counties. The parenthetical number indicates the number of licenses available:
• Allegheny County (4)
• Philadelphia (4) • Butler (2)
• Cameron (2) • Chester (2) • Dauphin (2) • Delaware (2)
• Erie (2) • Indiana (2)
• Lancaster (2) • Lehigh (2)
• Montgomery (2)
• Somerset (2)
• Westmoreland (2) • York (2)
• Blair (1) • Bucks (1)
• Centre (1) • Cumberland (1)
• Washington (1)
Bids for these 40 licenses are due Thursday, October 27, and auction winners will be determined the week of October 31. The minimum bid for each license is $25,000, and each bid must be accompanied by a $5,000 bid surety. The highest responsive bidder for each license will win the right to submit an application for the license to the PLCB within six months of auction award. If bid payment is not received within two weeks of auction award, the second-highest bidder will have opportunity to apply for the license.
Please contact PFMA if you are interested in bidding for one of these licenses.