Liquor, food and signage across every unit

A twelve-unit group can hold ninety separate permits. Tessera keeps the register, watches the windows and files the renewals so a bar never opens on a lapsed license.

A twelve-unit group can hold ninety separate permits. Tessera keeps the register, watches the windows and files the renewals so a bar never opens on a lapsed license.

A restaurant dining room set before opening

What restaurant groups tell us

90+

separate permits in a typical twelve-unit group

90+

separate permits in a typical twelve-unit group

6

weeks a liquor renewal can take in the slowest counties

6

weeks a liquor renewal can take in the slowest counties

$2,400

median fine for trading on a lapsed food service permit

$2,400

median fine for trading on a lapsed food service permit

3

different bodies a single restaurant usually answers to

3

different bodies a single restaurant usually answers to

Liquor

The one that

closes the doors

The one that

closes the doors

Liquor renewals have the tightest windows and the least forgiving boards. We hold each board’s calendar and start the packet the day the window opens.

Liquor renewals have the tightest windows and the least forgiving boards. We hold each board’s calendar and start the packet the day the window opens.

State board windows tracked per license class

Local approval steps chased in the right order

Transfers and change of officer handled as their own workflow

Filing queue

auto

Pull the current rule set

Assemble the application

Pay the jurisdiction fee

File and capture the receipt

Log the new expiry date

License register

184 active

Nashville, TN

Beer permit

Mar 2027

Austin, TX

Food service

in 21 days

Denver, CO

Liquor - retail

submitted

Phoenix, AZ

Sign permit

Aug 2027

Portland, OR

Health permit

expired

Health and food

Inspections do not

wait for your calendar

Inspections do not

wait for your calendar

Food service permits, food handler cards and grease trap registrations sit with the county in most of the country. We track each one against the site, not the group.

Food service permits, food handler cards and grease trap registrations sit with the county in most of the country. We track each one against the site, not the group.

Per-site permits kept against the site record

Handler card expiries tracked per employee

Inspection-ready export in one PDF per location

What we cover for

food and beverage

What we cover for

food and beverage

The permit types that actually stop service if they lapse.

The permit types that actually stop service if they lapse.

Liquor and beer

Liquor and beer

On-premise, off-premise, catering and special event permits.

Food service

Food service

County health permits, handler cards and mobile unit registrations.

Signage and sidewalk

Signage and sidewalk

Sign permits, patio use, sidewalk cafe and noise variances.

Fire and occupancy

Fire and occupancy

Occupancy certificates, suppression inspections and fire clearances.

Business tax

Business tax

City business tax certificates and gross receipts registrations.

Music and amusement

Music and amusement

Live entertainment, jukebox and amusement device permits.

Our GM in Denver found out the liquor renewal window had closed by reading a notice taped to the door. That does not happen any more.

Our GM in Denver found out the liquor renewal window had closed by reading a notice taped to the door. That does not happen any more.

Dana Whitfield

VP Operations, Pinebrook Hospitality Group

Where our customers run

Where our customers run

Every state has its own board, its own window and its own fee schedule.

Every state has its own board, its own window and its own fee schedule.

See your footprint

before you buy

See your footprint

before you buy

Send a location list and we will map it against every issuing body that touches it.

Send a location list and we will map it against every issuing body that touches it.

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