West Virginia has no ordinary liquor-by-the-drink license: a restaurant or bar serving spirits is licensed as a private club, keeps a membership roll and signs customers in, with the private club restaurant class for places with a kitchen and the private club bar class for places without one. Apply online with the lease, floor plan, owner background forms and the health permit; the ABCA inspects before issuing. Wine or beer alone needs no club membership.
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 West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration (ABCA).
Sources and dates
West Virginia Code 60-7-6 (private club license fees), 60-8-3 (wine licenses) and 11-16-9 (nonintoxicating beer); ABCA licensing fee table. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
Yes. West Virginia has no ordinary liquor-by-the-drink license: a restaurant or bar serving spirits is licensed as a private club, keeps a membership roll and signs customers in, with the private club restaurant class for places with a kitchen and the private club bar class for places without one.
Yes. West Virginia has no ordinary liquor-by-the-drink license: a restaurant or bar serving spirits is licensed as a private club, keeps a membership roll and signs customers in, with the private club restaurant class for places with a kitchen and the private club bar class for places without one.
Yes. West Virginia has no ordinary liquor-by-the-drink license: a restaurant or bar serving spirits is licensed as a private club, keeps a membership roll and signs customers in, with the private club restaurant class for places with a kitchen and the private club bar class for places without one.
Yes. West Virginia has no ordinary liquor-by-the-drink license: a restaurant or bar serving spirits is licensed as a private club, keeps a membership roll and signs customers in, with the private club restaurant class for places with a kitchen and the private club bar class for places without one.
Yes. West Virginia has no ordinary liquor-by-the-drink license: a restaurant or bar serving spirits is licensed as a private club, keeps a membership roll and signs customers in, with the private club restaurant class for places with a kitchen and the private club bar class for places without one.
Yes. West Virginia has no ordinary liquor-by-the-drink license: a restaurant or bar serving spirits is licensed as a private club, keeps a membership roll and signs customers in, with the private club restaurant class for places with a kitchen and the private club bar class for places without one.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
No. In West Virginia it is listed for restaurants, pizza shops, bars, wine bars, cocktail bars and brewery taprooms.
West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration (ABCA).
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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