Who needs a restaurant or eating place license (beer and wine), or beverage dispensary license (full bar) in Alaska?
Issued by Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (AMCO), for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, at step 5 of 6 in the opening sequence: alcohol permits.
The restaurant or eating place license is for a bona fide restaurant and allows beer and wine with meals only; a bar or cocktail bar needs a beverage dispensary license, which can add a restaurant endorsement ($200 biennial). Apply through AMCO with the approved premises, the business license and the owners’ disclosures; the application is posted at the premises, published, and sent to the city or borough, which may protest it, and the Board decides at a quarterly meeting. Local option areas may ban sales altogether. Ask AMCO for the current beverage dispensary fee and whether a license is available under the population cap before signing a lease.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 5 of 6: Alcohol permits
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (AMCO), for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Sources and dates
AS 04.09.210 and 04.09.200 (Title 04 as rewritten by SB 9, effective January 1, 2024); AS 04.11.400 (population limits); AMCO alcohol license application pages and license overview chart. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Yes. The restaurant or eating place license is for a bona fide restaurant and allows beer and wine with meals only; a bar or cocktail bar needs a beverage dispensary license, which can add a restaurant endorsement ($200 biennial).
Yes. The restaurant or eating place license is for a bona fide restaurant and allows beer and wine with meals only; a bar or cocktail bar needs a beverage dispensary license, which can add a restaurant endorsement ($200 biennial).
Yes. The restaurant or eating place license is for a bona fide restaurant and allows beer and wine with meals only; a bar or cocktail bar needs a beverage dispensary license, which can add a restaurant endorsement ($200 biennial).
Yes. The restaurant or eating place license is for a bona fide restaurant and allows beer and wine with meals only; a bar or cocktail bar needs a beverage dispensary license, which can add a restaurant endorsement ($200 biennial).
Yes. The restaurant or eating place license is for a bona fide restaurant and allows beer and wine with meals only; a bar or cocktail bar needs a beverage dispensary license, which can add a restaurant endorsement ($200 biennial).
Yes. The restaurant or eating place license is for a bona fide restaurant and allows beer and wine with meals only; a bar or cocktail bar needs a beverage dispensary license, which can add a restaurant endorsement ($200 biennial).
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Alaska it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (AMCO), for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
Step 5 of 6, alcohol permits. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax, approve the space and get the permits for your kind of business.
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