# WAC 314-02-035: WAC 314-02-035. Food service requirements for a spirits, beer, and wine restaurant license

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_314_02_035

## Section

- **Citation:** WAC 314-02-035
- **Heading:** WAC 314-02-035. Food service requirements for a spirits, beer, and wine restaurant license
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Administrative Code / Title 314 / Chapter 314-02 / Section 314-02-035

## Text

(1) Except as provided under subsection (10) of this section, a spirits, beer, and wine restaurant licensee must serve at least four complete meals. Establishments shall be maintained in a substantial manner as a place for preparing, cooking, and serving of complete meals. "Complete meal" is defined in WAC 314-02-010 .
(2) The restaurant must maintain the kitchen equipment necessary to prepare the complete meals required under this section.
(3) The complete meals must be prepared on the restaurant premises.
(4) A chef or cook must be on duty while complete meals are offered.
(5) A menu must be available to customers.
(6) The food items required to maintain the menu must be on the restaurant premises. These items must be edible.
(7) Restaurants that have 100 percent dedicated dining area must maintain complete meal service any time liquor is available for sale, service, or consumption.
(8)(a) Restaurants with less than 100 percent dedicated dining area must maintain complete meal service for a minimum of five hours a day during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., three days a week.
(b) Minimum food service must be available during hours of alcohol service when complete meal service is not offered. "Minimum food service" is defined in WAC 314-02-010 .
(9) The hours of complete meal service must be conspicuously posted on the premises or listed on the menu. A statement that minimum food service is available outside of those hours must also be posted or listed on the menu.
(10) When qualifying for and maintaining a spirits, beer, and wine restaurant license, a domestic brewery or microbrewery may contract with one or more individuals or entities to satisfy the food service requirements for spirits, beer, and wine restaurants in this section per the provisions of WAC 314-02-015 (3)(b) through (d)(iv).

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