Who needs a full-service restaurant license, limited-service restaurant license or bar establishment license in Utah?
Issued by Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS), with the written consent of your city, at step 5 of 6 in the opening sequence: alcohol permits.
Every retail license is a quota license: bar licenses are capped at 15 plus the state population divided by 8,934 in the year from July 2026, and restaurant licenses have their own cap, so the commission issues from whatever is available at its monthly meeting and bars often wait. Apply with the city’s local consent form, the business license, the lease and the floor plan. A restaurant license requires that a customer order food with any drink and limits where drinks are mixed and displayed; a bar admits only adults. Beer alone, with no wine or liquor, can also be sold under an on-premise beer retailer license issued with the city’s consent.
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 Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS), with the written consent of your city.
Sources and dates
DABS fee schedule and retail license pages; Utah Code 32B-1-202 (quota) and Title 32B Chapter 6 (specific retail licenses). Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Yes. Every retail license is a quota license: bar licenses are capped at 15 plus the state population divided by 8,934 in the year from July 2026, and restaurant licenses have their own cap, so the commission issues from whatever is available at its monthly meeting and bars often wait.
Yes. Every retail license is a quota license: bar licenses are capped at 15 plus the state population divided by 8,934 in the year from July 2026, and restaurant licenses have their own cap, so the commission issues from whatever is available at its monthly meeting and bars often wait.
Yes. Every retail license is a quota license: bar licenses are capped at 15 plus the state population divided by 8,934 in the year from July 2026, and restaurant licenses have their own cap, so the commission issues from whatever is available at its monthly meeting and bars often wait.
Yes. Every retail license is a quota license: bar licenses are capped at 15 plus the state population divided by 8,934 in the year from July 2026, and restaurant licenses have their own cap, so the commission issues from whatever is available at its monthly meeting and bars often wait.
Yes. Every retail license is a quota license: bar licenses are capped at 15 plus the state population divided by 8,934 in the year from July 2026, and restaurant licenses have their own cap, so the commission issues from whatever is available at its monthly meeting and bars often wait.
Yes. Every retail license is a quota license: bar licenses are capped at 15 plus the state population divided by 8,934 in the year from July 2026, and restaurant licenses have their own cap, so the commission issues from whatever is available at its monthly meeting and bars often wait.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In Utah it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS), with the written consent of your city.
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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