Author Topic: Texas restaurants allowed to sell mixed drinks to go (Read 457 times)

Elderberry · « **on:** June 28, 2020, 12:11:05 pm »

Houston Chronicle by Greg Morago June 27, 2020

Texas restaurants and bars got some good news Saturday afternoon: they will be able to sell mixed drinks to go beginning immediately, providing a much-needed new revenue stream for the beleaguered industry.

The Texas Restaurant Association and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission announced Saturday that Gov. Greg Abbott extended the alcohol-to-go waiver to allow cocktails with take-out and food delivery orders.

The order, approved by Abbott Saturday, comes a day after the governor announced major setbacks for Texas restaurants and bars. On Friday, Abbott announced that Texas restaurants would have to return to service at 50 percent capacity beginning June 29, a reduction of the 75 percent capacity in effect since June 12. Abbott also shut down all bars in Texas effective noon on Friday in an effort to stem the surge of COVID-19 cases.

Under Abbottâ€™s expanded waiver, restaurants (as well as bars with a mixed beverage permit) will be allowed to sell mixed drinks to go. Mixed drinks to go were previously prohibited; only cocktail kits were allowed with alcohol in the manufacturerâ€™s original package.

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IsailedawayfromFR · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2020, 02:11:36 pm »

This is stupid and adds another layer of complication to the enforcement of the law by police.

We have a lot of 'beleaguered industries'.

Why choose to lower our moral values to give one of them money?

What is wrong with Abbott lately?

aligncare · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2020, 02:32:47 pm »

Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on June 28, 2020, 02:11:36 pm

This is stupid and adds another layer of complication to the enforcement of the law by police.

We have a lot of 'beleaguered industries'.

Why choose to lower our moral values to give one of them money?

What is wrong with Abbott lately?

I see no problem selling open containers of adult beverages to people driving home or wherever in a 2-ton vehicle at highway speeds. Yeah, you could say itâ€™s no different than allowing sale of bottles except that if you crack the lid of a bottle on your way home, if youâ€™re pulled over you could face fines. In this case, the alcohol was sold to you in an open container all legal like.

Government micro management is a plague.

Elderberry · « **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2020, 06:53:08 pm »

These are not "Open Containers"

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Under the new order, the restaurant must mix the drink on-site and seal the mixed drink with tape or an adhesive label that states the name of the restaurant and â€œalcoholic beverage.â€ The sealed drink must be placed in a bag that is sealed with a zip tie. The mixed drinks cannot be transported in the passenger area of a vehicle. Alcohol orders must be accompanied by a food order.