Did Fire ever get a liquor license?

Nothing yet, but stay tuned...

I don't think they have a FULL license yet - just beer/wine like many places, but want to get one.

Don't know for sure as I've never felt the need to branch out to hard liquor after a yummy champagne brunch or wednesday wine tasting.

would their lack of liquor license keep you from going there?

A beer/wine (2COP) license is a fairly easy license to obtain. Things get complicated when you add liquor to the equation. As far as I know, there are only two viable choices for a beer/wine/liquor license:
Get a SRX (special restaurant) license, which requires 4,000 square feet under roof and seating for 100 (in Walton County) or
Purchase a "quota license." There are none available from the State, so you have to buy from someone willing to sell. They tend to be rather "pricey" but they are the only license with "real property value."

I had some Champaign there for lunch recently and whatever I had for dessert should be outlawed. That stuff was delicous. I don't remember what it was called, purposely, but it was round and surrounded by either caramal and almonds or something else divine. But man, do I want more. I highly, highly recommend it, whatever it was.

A beer/wine (2COP) license is a fairly easy license to obtain. Things get complicated when you add liquor to the equation. As far as I know, there are only two viable choices for a beer/wine/liquor license:
Get a SRX (special restaurant) license, which requires 4,000 square feet under roof and seating for 100 (in Walton County) or
Purchase a "quota license." There are none available from the State, so you have to buy from someone willing to sell. They tend to be rather "pricey" but they are the only license with "real property value."

Bogey's in DeFuniak had gotten some sort of special restaurant liquor license, but I do not think they have a 4000 feet facility where they serve food. Could it be because they have the hotel attached? I know the previous owners told me that their liquor sales could never be more than a certain percentage of food sales.

Tony Cornman was frequenting this board. Maybe he can explain.

I'm not up to speed on Bogey's. You are correct - there is another type of liquor license that is predicated on a hotel. There is a minimum number of rooms to qualify for such a license. The 4,000 square foot requirement includes everything dedicated to the operation of a restaurant (bathrooms, offices, storage, etc.) Measurements are taken from the outside of the building (length X width.)
The special restaurant license also requires at least 51% of their gross revenue be derived from the sale of food and non-alcoholic beverages. There is no such minimum on "quota" licenses, however.