Who needs a plenary retail consumption license in New Jersey?
Issued by Your municipality (issuing authority), with the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, at step 5 of 6 in the opening sequence: alcohol permits.
Apply through the POSSE ABC portal with the lease, the floor plan and the owners’ disclosures; the municipality publishes notice twice, takes objections and votes. A person-to-person and place-to-place transfer of an existing license is the usual route. A restaurant without a license can let customers bring their own.
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 Your municipality (issuing authority), with the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Sources and dates
N.J.S.A. 33:1-12 and 33:1-12.14; municipal license fee ordinances; Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Yes. Apply through the POSSE ABC portal with the lease, the floor plan and the owners’ disclosures; the municipality publishes notice twice, takes objections and votes.
Yes. Apply through the POSSE ABC portal with the lease, the floor plan and the owners’ disclosures; the municipality publishes notice twice, takes objections and votes.
Yes. Apply through the POSSE ABC portal with the lease, the floor plan and the owners’ disclosures; the municipality publishes notice twice, takes objections and votes.
Yes. Apply through the POSSE ABC portal with the lease, the floor plan and the owners’ disclosures; the municipality publishes notice twice, takes objections and votes.
Yes. Apply through the POSSE ABC portal with the lease, the floor plan and the owners’ disclosures; the municipality publishes notice twice, takes objections and votes.
Yes. Apply through the POSSE ABC portal with the lease, the floor plan and the owners’ disclosures; the municipality publishes notice twice, takes objections and votes.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In New Jersey it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Your municipality (issuing authority), with the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
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.
Who needs a plenary retail consumption license in New Jersey?
