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Council greenlights new bar-and-grill license, introduces resort-hotel liquor license code changes and updates fee schedule
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Summary
The council approved a bar-and-grill liquor license application for a new business at 301 Grand Avenue, introduced an ordinance to add a state-created resort-hotel liquor license to municipal code and adopted an updated liquor-fee schedule effective July 1, 2025.
The Laramie City Council on June 3 approved a new bar-and-grill liquor license and took steps to align municipal code and fees with recent state law changes.
City Clerk read a public hearing notice for a new Bar and Grill license (BG-18) for a business at 301 Grand Avenue and later presented the application for council approval. The application was described in the record as for Laramie Veil Yard LLC doing business as The Veil Yard Laramie at 301 Grand Avenue (the location previously occupied by Accomplice). The clerk noted the applicant operates two other locations in Gillette and Casper and provided a sample menu to demonstrate compliance with the state requirement that at least 60% of sales be food. Council approved the license by a 9–0 roll-call vote.
Later in the meeting councilors approved the introduction and first reading of Original Ordinance 2106 to amend the Laramie Municipal Code to include the newly created state category “resort hotel” liquor license, a change driven by 2025 legislation (Senate File 0042) that becomes effective July 1. The clerk noted key differences between the new resort-hotel license and the prior retail-resort classification, including differing room-count and valuation thresholds used to qualify properties.
The council also adopted Resolution 2025-47 to set the liquor-license fee in the master fee schedule, effective July 1, 2025. The clerk said the fee for the new category is lower than the resort-retail fee (which had been $3,000) and offered council the option to postpone the fee until third reading of the ordinance; the council proceeded to adopt the schedule.
There was no public testimony in opposition during any of the liquor items. Councilors asked clerks and staff clarifying questions about the number of bar-and-grill licenses currently issued and whether existing resort retail licenses would be reclassified; staff said the city currently has 14 bar-and-grill licenses issued, with some available, and that properties meeting the resort-retail qualifications would remain in that category.
