(a) A restaurant permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a restaurant. A restaurant patron shall be allowed to remove one unsealed bottle of wine for off-premises consumption provided the patron has purchased such bottle of wine at such restaurant and has purchased a full course meal at such restaurant and consumed a portion of the bottle of wine with such meal on such restaurant premises. For the purposes of this section, “full course meal” means a diversified selection of food which ordinarily cannot be consumed without the use of tableware and which cannot be conveniently consumed while standing or walking. A restaurant permit, with prior approval of the Department of Consumer Protection, shall allow alcoholic liquor to be served at tables in outside areas which are screened or not screened from public view where permitted by fire, zoning and health regulations. If not required by fire, zoning or health regulations, a fence or wall enclosing such outside areas shall not be required by the Department of Consumer Protection. No fence or wall used to enclose such outside areas shall be less than thirty inches high. Such permit shall also authorize the sale at retail from the premises of sealed containers supplied and filled by the permittee with draught beer for consumption off the premises. Such sales shall be conducted only during the hours a package store is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91. Not more than four liters of such beer shall be sold to any person on any day on which the sale of alcoholic liquor is authorized under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91. No holder of a manufacturer permit, out-of-state shipper’s permit or wholesaler permit shall supply to the holder of a restaurant permit the containers permitted to be sold for consumption off the premises under this section or any draught system components other than tapping accessories. The annual fee for a restaurant permit shall be one thousand four hundred fifty dollars.

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(b) A restaurant permit for wine and beer shall allow the retail sale of wine and beer and of cider not exceeding six per cent of alcohol by volume to be consumed on the premises of the restaurant. A restaurant patron may remove one unsealed bottle of wine for off-premises consumption provided the patron has purchased a full course meal and consumed a portion of the bottle of wine with such meal on the restaurant premises. Such permit shall also authorize the sale at retail from the premises of sealed containers supplied by the permittee of draught beer for consumption off the premises. Such sales shall be conducted only during the hours a package store is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91. Not more than four liters of such beer shall be sold to any person on any day on which the sale of alcoholic liquor is authorized under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91. The annual fee for a restaurant permit for wine and beer shall be seven hundred dollars.

(c) Former subsection (d) repealed by P.A. 77-112, S. 1.

(d) A partially consumed bottle of wine that is to be removed from the premises pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be securely sealed and placed in a bag by the permittee or permittee’s agent or employee prior to removal from the premises.

(e) “Restaurant” means space that (1) is located in a suitable and permanent building, (2) is kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where hot meals are regularly served, (3) has no sleeping accommodations for the public, (4) has an adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room, (5) employs at all times an adequate number of employees, and (6) if such space has no effective separation between a barroom and a dining room, includes at least four hundred square feet of dining space, and seating for at least twenty persons, in the dining room.

(f) A restaurant permit issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or a restaurant permit for wine and beer issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall allow those additional permissible uses specified in a caterer liquor permit established in section 30-37j without an additional fee, but subject to compliance with the provisions of said section.