Anchorage inn with no dining room seeks renewal of tourism liquor license

The Anchorage Assembly decides Tuesday, Oct. 6, on its consent agenda, whether to waive its right to protest the liquor license of an inn that lists no dining room.

Allen Henry Choy LLC runs Al's Alaskan Inn and Hideout Lounge at 7830 Old Seward Highway under a Beverage Dispensary Tourism License, a hotel bar license. Its renewal application lists 19 guest rooms, five with kitchens. Under dining facility, it wrote "none."

State law ties hotel tourism licenses to a dining facility or kitchens in most rental rooms. The application says the inn was built when the license required 10 sleeping rooms. It says "the legislature 'grandfathered' these rights with the Governor's authorization and signature in 2018." It reports continuous operation and no recent violations or citations.

Anchorage has 60 days to file a written protest, through Oct. 19. The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board honors a protest unless it finds it "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable."