Want to check and see if your local watering hole is ship shape?
In an effort to be more consumer friendly, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has launched a searchable database of more than 17,000 restaurants, taverns, beer distributors and other businesses licensed by the commonwealth to serve, sell or distribute alcoholic beverages.
The database provides details on corporate partners, citations issued, fines and license status.
Patrick “P.J.” Stapleton III, chairman of the PLCB, said the board receives thousands of requests each year for information about licensees and the database will make that information instantly available to the public.
The liquor control board is one of several state licensing agencies that in recent years have made available information about licensees. The Department of Agriculture, for instance, provides license and inspection information on restaurant license holders and dog kennel operators.
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