Global Courant 2023-04-25 22:22:00
Maine’s pandemic rule allowing cocktails on the go will remain.
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed into law Monday night making drink-to-go from restaurants and bars permanent, joining more than a dozen states that allow takeout mixes.
To-go cocktails became popular nationwide during the pandemic as restaurants and bars closed. Maine’s new law requires those drinks to be labeled and placed in the trunk or non-passenger compartments of a vehicle.
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Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed a bill making to-go cocktails permanent in bars and restaurants across the state. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
An executive order issued by Mills in 2020 allowed restaurants to sell and deliver liquor if accompanied by a food order, while distilleries could sell liquor without food. Last year, a law expanded to-go drinks to include delivery and takeout. The law is now permanent.
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According to the United States Distilled Spirits Council, 19 states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws to permanently allow cocktails and 14 other have enacted temporary laws since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
