SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control closed two liquor stores after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. Both stores are in Salt Lake City.
To-go and delivery orders of alcoholic drinks could become a permanent option for customers under new legislation proposed by Columbus legislators.
As we outlined in our post last week, Governor Wolf issued guidance for retail food and alcohol businesses in green counties (permitted to have 50% of capacity inside and outside dining) and yellow counties (permitted to have 50% of capacity outside dining beginning on June 5).
“Just starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel here,” restaurant owner Justin Weathers said Wednesday when asked how things were going. He and partner Joe Monnich own three locations of Stove & Tap in Montgomery and Chester Counties, as well as the Bercy in Ardmore and Al Pastor in Exton.
Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday signed House Bill 327 allowing licensed restaurants and hotels that have lost more than 25% of average monthly sales during the pandemic to sell prepared 4-ounce to 64-ounce beverages or mixed drinks for off-premise consumption.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Parents with questions about how to protect their teens from the dangers of alcohol and other drugs can now receive research-based advice from videos featuring Robert Turrisi, a Penn State professor of biobehavioral health with more than 35 years of experience in researching underage drinking.
In a move that could help Oregon restaurants and bars comply with state-mandated social distancing guidelines, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission has begun fast-tracking applications to expand the sale of alcohol to sidewalks, streets and nearby parking lots.
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Gov. Tom Wolf Wednesday said he will sign the bill allowing licensed restaurants and hotels to offer curbside cocktails or mixed drinks to-go no later than Friday. Even though it's not legal for businesses to sell mixed drinks yet, some are already doing it.
As part of Gov. Mike DeWine's plan for reopening Ohio businesses forced to close due to COVID-19, bars and restaurants were permitted to open their patios for dining beginning May 15 under strict social distancing requirements.
CINCINNATI — New legislation aims to make the carryout and delivery of alcoholic beverages permanent in Ohio.
House Bill 669 aims to make a coronavirus-era provision permanent across the state.