Permit authorizes the holder to sell mixed beverages from unsealed containers and wine, beer, ale and malt liquor in containers of any legal size for on-premise consumption.
Renewal is required during the term of the location's TABC eligibility.
Locations are exempt from local fees during the first three years of an original permit issuance.
Physical Address:
1002 Washington Ave., 1st floor
Houston, TX 77002
Mailing Address:
PO Box 1561
Houston, TX 77251
To establish a City fee account, the following data must be provided:
- Business trade name
- Business (location) address
- Business owner name and contact information (mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address and primary contact - if available)
- Primary TABC license/permit number
- Certificate of Occupancy number
- Method of payment: cash, check, cashier's check, money order, or debit/credit card
- Bring required documents and payment to the Houston Permitting Center.
- Obtain a numbered ticket from the Information Desk. Please wait in the lobby until your number is called.
Approval of some locations may be based on the account holder providing on-going sales data to warrant continuation of alcohol sales/service. The City will provide the necessary form and advise the account holder when this information must be submitted.
Locations are exempt from local fees during the first three years of an original permit issuance.
Once a permit is issued, enforcement checks may occur, and are unscheduled and unannounced.
- Renewal notice (mailed at least 30 days prior to the account expiration date)
- Method of payment: cash, check, cashier's check, money order, or debit/credit card
If notice has not been received, contact 832-394-8803 and request a fee statement from ARA - Commercial Permitting & Enforcement.
- Bring the renewal notice and payment to the Houston Permitting Center.
- Obtain a numbered ticket from the Information Desk. Please wait in the lobby until your number is called.
Return the renewal notice with payment to:
Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department
Commercial Permitting & Enforcement Section
PO Box 1561
Houston, TX 77251-1561
Make checks and money orders payable to City of Houston.
If sales data reports are required, the City will provide the necessary form and advise the account holder when this information must be submitted.