Who serves the most alcohol in San Antonio?





Search the database or click through to see the 20 top-selling bars, restaurants, hotels and entertainment venues in San Antonio. less Which Alamo City establishment sold the most alcohol in 2013? Who sells the most in your neighborhood? The answers may surprise you.



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SAN ANTONIO — Which Alamo City establishment sold the most alcohol in 2013? Who sells the most in your neighborhood? The answers may surprise you.

A database compiled by the San Antonio Express-News allows readers to search every bar, restaurant, hotel and entertainment venue in San Antonio that reported mixed beverage sales to the state's comptroller's office in 2013.

The Express-News obtained 12 monthly reports from 2013 from the agency, combined the data and figured the total sales amount based on the tax collected.

The data pertains to establishments which sale beer and liquor for on-site consumption, not retailers such as liquor stores and convenience stores.

A new state law, which went into effect Jan. 1, will change the way establishments and patrons pay taxes on alcohol.

Previously, establishments paid a 14 percent tax on gross receipts of mixed beverage sales. The new law imposes a sales tax on each beverage sold, as well as the gross receipts tax.

While the gross receipts tax is paid by the establishment, the mixed beverage sales tax can be paid by the customer. The new tax could result in patrons paying an odd-numbered price for a drink, such as $4.37.

Establishments have the option of adding the sales tax as a line item on the drink, or raising prices to include the new tax, which could provide for even-numbered prices, such as $5.25.

The total percentage of tax paid on drinks jumps .9 percent and also changes who pays what.

The mixed beverage sales tax will be 8.25 percent, paid by the customer, and the gross receipts sales tax will be 6.7 percent.

Data editor Joseph Kokenge contributed to this report. kparker@express-news.net Twitter: @KoltenParker jkokenge@express-news.net Twitter:@josephkokenge