(a) Public Eating Place means a place which is regularly used and kept open for the serving of meals to guests for compensation and which has suitable kitchen facilities connected therewith, containing conveniences for cooking an assortment of foods which may be required for ordinary meals, the kitchen of which must be kept in a sanitary condition with the proper amount of refrigeration for keeping of food on said premises and must comply with all the regulations of the Department of Health. Public Eating Place also means a convention center, exhibit hall, or auditorium, which is regularly used and kept open for the attendance of guests, and in connection with such use serves meals to such guests for compensation, and which has suitable kitchen facilities in connection therewith, as defined above.

(b) Meals as used in this section, means food commonly ordered at a lunch or dinner; provided, however, that the service of food such as sandwiches or salads not be deemed compliance with this requirement.

(c) Guests shall mean persons who, during the hours when meals are regularly served therein, come to a public eating place for the purpose of obtaining, and actually order and obtain at such time, in good faith, a meal therein.

(d) Public Premises means:

(1) Premises licensed with any type of license other than an on-sale beer license, and maintained and operated
for the selling or serving of alcoholic beverages to the public for consumption on the premises, and in which food shall not be sold or served to the public as in a public eating place, but upon which premises food products may be sold or served incidentally to the sale or service of alcoholic beverages, in accordance with rules prescribed by the department.

(2) Premises licensed with an on-sale beer license, in which food shall not be sold or served to the public as in a public eating place and in which sandwiches, salads, desserts and similar short orders shall not be sold and served.

SOURCE: GC § 25018 as amended by P.L. 12-124.

2017 NOTE: Subsection/subitem designations added/altered pursuant to the authority of 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.