- June 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
HAVERTOWN, Pa. (CBS) — Cocktails to-go is a no-go in Pennsylvania. Restaurants were given the green light to sell mixed drinks to-go and offer outdoor seating during the pandemic. But as of Tuesday, that is no longer allowed. Many restaurant and bar owners have been blindsided by this development.
How enforcement will take place is still unclear. Like all other pandemic measures, this hit many businesses suddenly.
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During the height of pandemic closures, the ability to sell to-go cocktails was critical to businesses like Brick and Brew.
“We were getting growlers, 64-ounce to-go cocktails, mason jars of cocktails. We revamped our whole cocktail menu just to accommodate it,” said Randy Berman, lead bartender at Brick and Brew.
Act 21 signed by the governor in May of 2020 gave liquor license-holding businesses the ability to sell…
