HARRISBURG -- The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board said today it would appeal a court decision last week that halted takeout beer sales at an Altoona convenience store, and the store said it hoped to resume beer sales later in the day.

Board spokeswoman Dawn Petrosky said it wants the state Supreme Court to review the Commonwealth Court decision, which said Sheetz Inc.'s beer-sales license required the company to allow beer to be consumed at the walled-off restaurant in the convenience store building. Sheetz had been selling beer for takeout only.

Beer sales will resume at the store as soon as it learns the appeal has been filed, Sheetz vice president and general counsel Mike Cortez said today.

"We've been without sales for a few days, and I can tell you that based on the sales before the suspension, our customers really like the convenience," he said. "So I can only assume that they're going to be happy that the sales have resumed."

Bob Hoffman, a lawyer for the Malt Beverage Distributors Association of Pennsylvania, which sued to challenge the Sheetz license, said it plans to ask the state Supreme Court to keep the lower-court order in place while the LCB appeals.