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> * Restaurants can continue to offer delivery for food, but takeaway alcohol will be banned Is restaurant takeaway alcohol even a thing in normal times in the
by danans 6y ago
> * Restaurants can continue to offer delivery for food, but takeaway alcohol will be banned
Is restaurant takeaway alcohol even a thing in normal times in the UK?
In CA at least, the state temporarily removed the normal restriction on takeaway alcohol in order to help restaurants during lockdowns.
- bananapear 6y agoNot sure if it’s really that common, but it’s a staple of Friday evenings at City firms if you have to stay late. You order a meal via the corporate Deliveroo/Seamless etc., to the firm-paid limit and immediately call the restaurant and ask for beer of the same value to be delivered instead.
- CamouflagedKiwi 6y agoNo - but lots of places (particularly pubs) had started doing takeaway alcohol last year in order to have _some_ sales, there was some general restriction-lifting to help with that kind of thing. There's of course not any evidence that it's a meaningful contributor to infection, but lockdown is such a crude tool that it's going to hit it regardless.
- monksy 6y agoAll states should have done that in the first 2 weeks. It's irritating to see the bible belt/NC wait 9 freaking months to now allow for take away alcohol. It feels like the governments are: 1. Trying to limit the enforcement and severity of actions or 2. They don't know what they're doing. (Which creates more resistance)