South - dallas food receipt what this mean?

Liquor Replacement Authorized Percentage is 25%

on the bottom of my receipts from buffet breakfast at the dallas hilton.

Wow, that's a puzzler. Is it pre-printed like the restaurant name, or something that showed on the bill like your food?

I do know there are laws here (can smoking be allowed, wet vs dry areas, etc) that vary for establishments depending on what % of revenues are from alcohol vs from food. Maybe it has something to do with that?

the statement was on the bottom of my register receipt for buffet breakfast. two copies. hotel name at the top. charges for breakfast, lines for total, tip, total again, signature, print name, room number, then at the bottom, in same sized type, the liquor board statement.

the register receipt was the standard dot matrix print on blank roll paper.

Just wagering a guess as I've never stayed at or eaten at that hotel.

Some of the hotels that due the big Sunday brunches offer complimentary mimosas or champagne... and I have *heard* that they will authorize allowing the ordering of non-alcoholic beverages that might not be on the standard menu for guests who don't partake. So I wonder if on the weekends, they allow for a comp of non-alcoholic beverages or other items for those who don't partake? And perhaps the register is set up to always print that statement with any breakfast?

It was a shot in the dark....

I've seen this show up at various restaurants around town before. Someone told me once what it was but I can't seem to remember. I think it has something to do with the amount of tax the restaurant pays for alcholic beverages.

That notation has nothing to do with you. It's required by the liquor laws of Texas.

I'm not a lawyer and refuse to stand behind the comments following. Having said that...

I believe it's the establishment's best estimate of the percentage of alcohol sales in their restaurant. By putting that statement on every single receipt, they are authorized to pay monthly (or maybe weekly) into an escrow account for their annual liquor tax bill on that percentage of their gross receipts, rather than having to sift through every single receipt and break out the alcohol sales.

They still have to reconcile the alcohol vs. non-alcohol at the end of the year, but they can do that using one huge database of every single sale.