Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. Koletas

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County which reversed the Board’s suspension of a restaurant liquor license.

Pursuant to a citation issued against the Charles Restaurant of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (Licensee), the Board conducted a hearing in which it found that the licensee’s establishment was not a bona fide restaurant under Section 102 of the Liquor Code (Code)1, because the premises contained an insufficient number of chairs to accommodate at least thirty persons at one time.2…