New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman, who represents parts of Manhattan, said he will introduce a bill that would extend his state's alcohol on-demand law for two years after the COVID emergency orders are lifted. He said the hundreds of thousands of restaurant workers are losing jobs in his district and the state needed to examine its \"archaic\" alcohol regulation laws.
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\"Our restaurants are facing a small business apocalypse in the wake of COVID-19,\" he told ABC News. \"Necessity is the mother of invention and this is something that may make us rethink our sometimes narrow understanding of what is allowable.\"
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Courtesy Brenna Beato
PHOTO: Community Bar Tavern in Chicago has made its crafts and cocktails available for delivery for any customer during the pandemic.
Hoylman said that the bill would mandate constant supervision and dialogue with community players and business owners. He also stressed that the law would still ensure that drinks are delivered to the appropriate customers.
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control released a statement last month that several establishments were violating the alcohol delivery law by failing to confirm the customer was over 21.
\"The Department notes that many third-party delivery companies have specific guidelines designed to avoid sales to minors, but those guidelines are largely being ignored by the delivery personnel,\" it said in its statement.
Hoylman said that his bill would allow local community boards to send complaints about restaurants that violate alcohol sales rules through deliveries and the state liquor authority could fine them.
\"We would need to see how it works, and whether the administration of it is smooth,\" he said.
Some bar and restaurant owners have called for the current alcohol on-demand orders tweaked to fit their current situation.
Brenna Beato, the co-owner of Community Tavern in Chicago, said Illinois's current emergency order only allows for the sale of bottles and cocktail kits to their customers.
“Selling in that form means we have to compete with all retail. If our customers see a bottle of their go-to bourbon, they’ll get it there in the store,” she told ABC News.
LaPointe’s bill allows for the delivery of single containers of already mixed drinks to the customers.
“That’s the main thing, we can manipulate a product and sell it as an item at a cheaper price than the kits,” Beato said.
The restaurant owner said she hopes other states take Illinois’ lead and commit to keeping on-demand alcohol service. Aside from the extra cash, she noted that serving drinks to customers who are ordering take out lifts some of the stress from the kitchen staff.
“To make up for sales, our kitchen team is extremely busy to make up for sales,” Beato said. “Being able to sell alcohol takes much less labor.”
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