The Happy
Hour Law PROHIBITS the following:
- Serving two or more drinks to one
person for consumption by that person (exception
for wine by the bottle or carafe).
Promotions such as 2-for-1
drinks, or any type of promotion which discounts drinks
at a 2-for-1 or greater (3-1) price, are prohibited.
- Serving an unlimited number of
drinks during a set period of time for a fixed
price (the exception is for private
functions** not open to the
public).
"$5 all you can drink,
" "$5 unlimited beer from 5:00 to 7:00
p.m.," etc., promotions are prohibited.
Effective 1/1/96 Private Function** is
defined per 235 ILCS 5/1-3.36:
**"Private Function" means a prearranged private party,
function or event for a specific social or business
occasion, either by invitation or reservation and not
open to the general public, where the guests in
attendance are served in a room or rooms designated and
used exclusively for the private party, function or
event.
- Reducing or fluctuating prices
during normal operating hours (from open to
close). Prices must be the same for all
customers, for all purchases for the whole day.
Brand "x" beer is $1.50
from 5-7 p.m.; Monday is Ladies' Night -- All Drinks for
Women are $1 specials are prohibited.
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Increasing the volume of alcoholic
liquor contained in a drink or the size of a
drink, without proportionally increasing the
price regularly charged for that drink on that
given day.
Promotions such as: 8oz.
beer is $1.00 and 16oz. beer is $1.25 (double the
alcohol means double the price), or Double the
shot in your drink for $.25 more are prohibited.
- Any game or contest which
involves drinking alcoholic liquor or
awards drinks as prizes.
A game of anyone drinking
four shots of liquor within ten minutes gets a
free t-shirt is not allowed.
- Advertising, on or off
premises, any of the practices prohibited
by this law.
The Happy Hour Law ALLOWS
The following:
- Selling pitchers (or the
equivalent, including but not limited to
buckets, carafes or bottles) of alcohol,
customarily sold in that manner and
delivered to 2 or more persons.
- Offering free food or
entertainment.
- Including drinks as part
of a meal package.
- Increasing drink prices in
lieu of cover charge to offset the cost
of special entertainment not regularly
scheduled.
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