Two Local Expired Restaurant Licenses Up For Bid In PLCB Auction
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) recently issued an invitation for bids to award 40 expired restaurant licenses in the initial license auction authorized by Act 39 of 2016. This is the first time since Prohibition that a new population of licenses exceeding the existing quota has been made available in Pennsylvania.
This auction includes 40 licenses across 21 counties. Two licenses are up for auction in Cameron County.
Four licenses in Philadelphia and four in Allegheny County are available, while two licenses in each of the following counties are up for auction: Butler, Cameron, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Indiana, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Somerset, Westmoreland, and York. A single license in each of Adams, Blair, Bucks, Centre, Cumberland, and Washington counties is also available.