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BevLaw Group Hospitality law for any operation that serves. Nashville, TN based. Free 15-min consult below. BevLaw Group — hospitality law on a flat monthly fee.

Document review, employment, contracts, regulatory defense, licensing & ongoing advisory — flat monthly fee, unlimited legal support. We're hospitality counsel for any operation that serves. WHAT WE COVER
• Document & contract review — leases, vendor agreements, event contracts, and operating documents
• Employment guidance — hiring, terminations, tipped-wage questions, and alcohol-service training
• Regulatory defense — ABC citations, Health Department matters, local-permit enforcement
• Liquor & business licensing — applications, renewals, transfers, and corporate restructure filings
• Crisis response — same-day legal help when an incident or enforcement visit can't wait
• Ongoing advisory — proactive risk checks, deadline tracking, and unlimited questions


HOW WE WORK
One monthly fee. Unlimited legal support. Pricing you can plan around. Most legal questions cost nothing extra. Larger projects — litigation, complex transactions, contested matters — live outside the monthly fee, and we're explicit about that scope upfront. WHY OPERATORS CHOOSE US
We track the deadlines, watch the regulatory landscape, and stay close enough to your operation that you can pick up the phone without thinking about the bill. BevLaw Group is a division of Litson PLLC, based in Nashville, TN. bevlawgroup.com · [email protected] · (615) 235-3632

A city b**r board can suspend your b**r permit without the TABC. Franklin’s B**r Board showed how on September 18.Two ba...
09/29/2026

A city b**r board can suspend your b**r permit without the TABC. Franklin’s B**r Board showed how on September 18.

Two bars faced the same kind of case: a 2024 undercover operation and a year of police call logs. One drew 95 calls in 12 months and left with a $2,500 fine and a suspension, and its owners say it will close. The other drew 41, kept its permit, and will bring a proposal worked out with the City back to the board November 10.

Your b**r permit comes from your city or county, and most hospitality businesses treat it as paperwork next to the state liquor license. The call counts were central to Franklin’s case, and the second bar’s manager said some of those calls came from its own staff.

Our new post covers who controls a b**r permit, the 4 things the Franklin hearings show, what Section 57-5-108 gives a permit holder, and what to have in order before your name is on an agenda. Read it: https://www.bevlawgroup.com/blog/tennessee-b**r-permit-suspension-franklin-hearings

The $300 application fee is the smallest number in a Tennessee liquor license budget, and it is the one most people quot...
09/24/2026

The $300 application fee is the smallest number in a Tennessee liquor license budget, and it is the one most people quote.

The annual license fee comes next, anywhere from $270 to $5,000 depending on the license and the size of the room. A b**r permit runs separately through your city or county, because the state license does not cover standard b**r. The Department of Revenue wants a tax bond with a $10,000 minimum. Every person who pours needs a $20 server permit, and 15% of every alcohol sale goes to the liquor-by-the-drink tax every month.

Our new guide on how much a liquor license costs in Tennessee lays out each cost in the order you actually meet it, and it ends with 2 sample first-year budgets, one for a 90-seat restaurant and one for a bar.

Read it: https://www.bevlawgroup.com/blog/how-much-liquor-license-cost-tennessee

Tennessee writes its liquor licenses around particular kinds of businesses, so the one you qualify for decides what you ...
09/22/2026

Tennessee writes its liquor licenses around particular kinds of businesses, so the one you qualify for decides what you can pour, who you can serve, and what you pay every year.

Most places fit a standard category. A restaurant license if food carries the revenue, a limited service restaurant license if drinks do, and separate ones for hotels, caterers, clubs, and events. Standard b**r is its own permit through your city or county, which surprises a lot of first-time owners.

Then there are the venues that fit nothing at all: event barns, rafting outfitters, cigar lounges, and anything that mixes lodging, recreation, and a bar. Tennessee handles those in the annual liquor bill, one property at a time, and the 2026 version added 29 of them.

Our new guide on the types of liquor licenses in Tennessee walks through all of it in the order the questions come up.

Read it: https://www.bevlawgroup.com/blog/types-of-liquor-licenses-tennessee

09/15/2026

Official letters about a specific night (a TABC violation notice, an insurance request) rarely arrive the week it happened. They arrive after everyone’s memory has moved on, and the venues that answer them calmly have the same 3 things: the schedule, the incident note somebody wrote that night, and the records in reach. Building that habit costs a quiet Tuesday. Reconstructing without it costs a lot more.

A famous name can now hold a stake in a Tennessee liquor brand and the bar that pours it. That was against the law until...
09/09/2026

A famous name can now hold a stake in a Tennessee liquor brand and the bar that pours it. That was against the law until this spring.

The new structure runs through an irrevocable trust, the celebrity can promote both but cannot run the business, and the money caps at 10% of sales or profits. The venue keeps its own license, exposure, and insurance.

We broke down what the law allows and the questions to settle before anyone signs: https://www.bevlawgroup.com/blog/tennessee-celebrity-alcohol-brand-law

Schedule your free consultation: https://cal.com/catie/bevlaw

The most common licensing surprise we see: your revenue mix decides which Tennessee liquor license you need. Food over h...
09/03/2026

The most common licensing surprise we see: your revenue mix decides which Tennessee liquor license you need. Food over half the mix means the restaurant license, alcohol over half means the limited-service license, and the TABC checks that math against your menu, kitchen, and business plan before anything gets approved. Getting the type right on day one keeps the whole application moving, and picking it is exactly the kind of question we answer for hospitality businesses every week.

09/02/2026

Nobody forgets their liquor license renewal on purpose. The date lives on one calendar, the notice lands in one pile, and the busy season eats both. License renewal in Tennessee is also a real review, so the operations that treat the date like a reservation (set early, confirmed twice) skip the scramble entirely.

08/26/2026

The 1am legal question is a hospitality tradition nobody signed up for. The contract clause, the employee conversation, the thing the TABC inspector said on the way out. Most of those questions have quick answers, and the earlier they get asked, the smaller they stay.

A brand-new hire can legally serve drinks the day they start. Tennessee gives them 61 days from that first shift to get ...
08/23/2026

A brand-new hire can legally serve drinks the day they start. Tennessee gives them 61 days from that first shift to get their server permit, and the permit itself is easy: one approved class, a $20 fee, and the card is good for 5 years. The catch is that 61 days is exactly long enough to forget about, so the operations that never sweat it all do the same thing and put the class in week-one onboarding, right next to the POS login. Clocks like this one are exactly what we keep track of for our clients, on a flat monthly fee that makes asking easy.

08/20/2026

The liquor license approval text is one of the best messages in this whole industry, and it never comes as a surprise. It gets earned weeks earlier: the lease in the right name, the tax accounts, the inspection-ready room. Congratulations to everyone in Tennessee who gets that text this month. The party was scheduled by the paperwork.

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54 Music Square E, Ste 390
Nashville, TN
37203

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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