Restaurants Serving Alcohol
| Alabama: | No specific restriction |
| Alaska: | A person commits the crime of misconduct involving weapons in the fifth degree if the person knowingly possesses a loaded firearm on the person in any place where intoxicating liquor is sold for consumption on the premises; HOWEVER, one is exempt if one is at a restaurant and did not consume intoxicating liquor at the place. |
| Arizona: | Only permittees may carry if the establishment doesn't post a restriction. These restrictions have the force of law. |
| Arkansas: | You may carry in a bar ONLY with an enhanced permit. Restaurants are ok and are defined in 3-5-1202 as places where complete meals are actually and regularly served and have a seating capacity of at least 50 people and have capacity to serve suitable food for its guests. |
| California: | California now prohibits carry in places "having a primary purpose of dispensing alcoholic beverages for onsite consumption." It is our opinion that this could include the bar area within a traditional restaurant. Further, when carrying one cannot consume an alcoholic beverage or controlled substance. |
| Colorado: | No specific restriction |
| Connecticut: | No specific restriction |
| Delaware: | No specific restriction |
| District of Columbia: | No person holding a license shall carry a pistol in any premise or portion thereof where alcohol is served or sold and consumed on the premises. |
| Florida: | Some dining areas may be allowed but establishments that primarily serve alcohol or bars are prohibited. |
| Georgia: | No specific restriction |
| Hawaii: | Establishments that serve alcohol for consumption on premise are prohibited |
| Idaho: | No restriction by state law |
| Illinois: | Permittees may carry in dining areas |
| Indiana: | No specific restriction |
| Iowa: | No specific restriction |
| Kansas: | Not restricted unless premises is "posted" |
| Kentucky: | No specific restriction. |
| Louisiana: | No specific restriction |
| Maine: | Concealed Carry lawful if not posted otherwise |
| Maryland: | No specific restriction. |
| Massachusetts: | No specific restriction |
| Michigan: | No specific restriction |
| Minnesota: | No specific statutory restriction. |
| Mississippi: | No specific restriction |
| Missouri: | No specific restriction |
| Montana: | Concealed Carry Prohibited |
| Nebraska: | No specific restriction |
| Nevada: | No specific restriction |
| New Hampshire: | No restrictions |
| New Jersey: | No carry in any bar or restaurant where alcohol is served or any other site or facility where alcohol is sold for consumption on the premises |
| New Mexico: | Firearms in establishments that have a license for the dispensing of alcoholic beverages are unlawful, UNLESS you have a valid permit and the restaurant derives no less than sixty percent of it's annual revenue from the sale of food AND they sell only beer and wine... no hard liquor. |
| New York: | Prohibited |
| North Carolina: | Those with permits may carry in establishments that serve alcohol. |
| North Dakota: | You may only have a firearm in an establishment that sells alcohol if in the part of a restaurant that permits those under the age of 21. 62.1-02-04 |
| Ohio: | You can carry in an establishment that serves alcohol if you are not consuming. |
| Oklahoma: | Those with valid CHLs may carry into any establishment "where the sale of low-point beer or alcoholic beverages does not constitute the primary purpose of the business." |
| Oregon: | No specific regulation. Same as any other private property. |
| Pennsylvania: | No restrictions |
| Rhode Island: | No restriction |
| South Carolina: | No specific restriction. |
| South Dakota: | You may not carry in any licensed alcoholic beverage establishment that derives over one-half of its total income from the sale of malt or alcoholic beverages (23-7-8.1) |
| Tennessee: | Restaurants serving alcohol allow you to carry, but only if you don’t drink. The BAC limit to carry in TN is 0.00. |
| Texas: | You may not carry into a premise that has a liquor license and derives 51 percent or more of its income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption. |
| Utah: | No specific restriction |
| Vermont: | No restriction |
| Virginia: | No restriction as long as you don't consume any alcohol |
| Washington: | It is unlawful to enter... that portion of an establishment classified by the state liquor and cannabis board as off-limits to persons under twenty-one years of age... when he or she knowingly possesses or knowingly has under his or her control a weapon. |
| West Virginia: | No restriction |
| Wisconsin: | No statewide restriction. Same as any other private property. |
| Wyoming: |
You may not carry in any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic liquor and malt beverages for consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to that purpose. So in other words... avoid the bar or part of any establishment primary meant for alcohol service/consumption. |
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