INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In a memo yesterday detailing relief efforts for small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control has temporarily allowed retailers to sell alcoholic beverages for takeout
This lifts a ban previously imposed on restaurants and bars to only sell alcohol in-house.
Bars can sell manufactured pre-packaged
containers of liquid, such as pre-mixed drinks, cocktails, beer or wine, to customers to go when the beverage is purchased with a meal
If you sell an alcoholic beverage to go, you have to pack it in a container with a lid or cap without a sipping hole or opening for a
straw.
While the notice temporarily lifted a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages, it did not impact the open-carry laws imposed by the
If you pick up a beverage and want to drive home to enjoy it at a socially safe distance, you have to put the drink in the trunk
Not the utility compartment or glove compartment
You also can''t consume alcohol in public or in any area where open containers are prohibited, the memo notes.
Other relief efforts include
allowing retailers to sell alcohol through drive-through windows or slide-out trays
This is in effect until further notice.
