Mixed Beverage Permit: what it means and who needs it
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The Mixed Beverage Permit is the license behind most Texas bars and cocktail lounges. It allows a venue to sell distilled spirits, wine and beer for consumption on the premises — the full bar program, not beer and wine only.
For buyers, an MB filing is the loudest signal in the Texas registry. A venue with an MB permit needs back-bar stock, glassware, POS with tabs, insurance and staff — and it needs them before opening night, which is usually 60 to 90 days after the application lands.
Combined with a Late Hours permit (LH), the venue plans to pour past midnight. Combined with a Food & Beverage Certificate (FB), it is a full restaurant and bar — the standard configuration for modern dining concepts in Texas.
LATEST MB FILINGS · TEXAS
No recent MB filings in the feed yet — the machine sweeps every morning, and counts fill in as filings land.
When a new MB lands in your territory, you will know the same morning.
Subscribers get every new filing — this type and all the others — in their inbox before the venue has picked a single supplier.
Questions
How long does an MB permit take in Texas?+
A clean application typically clears in 30–60 days; near schools or churches, or with a protest, it can stretch to 90 days or more.
What does an MB filing tell a salesperson?+
That a full spirits program is being built right now — the venue is still choosing its suppliers. That is the window to show up.