Straub Brewery Wins License in Benezette

Harrisburg – Following validation of bids received by the Oct. 31 deadline for the 11th
restaurant license auction authorized by Act 39 of 2016, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
(PLCB) has issued Notices of Selection to top bidders on 20 licenses.

Winning bids range from $25,111 for a license in Benezette Township, Elk County to $460,751
for a license in Uwchlan, Chester County. The average winning bid in the auction was $154,833.
The number of bids received for each of the 20 licenses receiving bids ranged from one to
seven.

Sixty-nine total bids were received, and one license in Cambria County received no bids.
Winning bids and bidders were posted to the PLCB restaurant license auction web page
following opening of bids Wednesday morning, Nov. 2, and subsequent bid validation