Change your alcohol license type

Complete an application to upgrade or downgrade your alcohol license.

Overview

Use this application to change your type of alcohol license.

You may upgrade or downgrade your license type. 

Apply for a restaurant license if you no longer want to serve alcohol or wine.

What to know

Before you begin

Use this information only as a general guide.

Types of alcohol licenses

  • On-sale wine: Selling wine and beer for drinking at your business
  • On-sale liquor: Selling liquor, wine or beer for drinking at your business

Approval

The City may request a public hearing. Your license inspector will schedule the public hearing.

See license inspector map

Fee

  • We do not charge a fee for this application. You pay the cost of the new type of license.
  • If you upgrade your license type, the fee is higher.  
  • If you downgrade your license type, we reduce the cost of your license fee.

Look up the change in license fees

Applications

Submit your application to Business Licenses

Contact us

Business Licenses & Consumer Services

Address

Public Service Building
505 Fourth Ave. S., Room 220
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Office hours
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Monday – Thursday

9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday

Minneapolis 311

Phone

311 or 612-673-3000

Relay service

612-673-3000

Hours

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Monday – Friday

See list of City holidays