Whether it’s craft cocktails or an ice-cold beer, bars in D.C. and Maryland can now serve you drinks straight to your front door or let you pick them up with your food order. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports how the change is helping keep businesses afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.
There's good news if you've enjoyed to-go cocktails this year in Virginia: They'll be allowed in the state for at least another year.
State lawmakers and Gov. Ralph Northam approved an extension earlier this year of a policy passed during the coronavirus pandemic that allows licensed restaurants and distillers to sell mixed drinks to be consumed elsewhere.
The law will go into effect Thursday, July 1 and allow the sales through July 1, 2022.
A similar law goes into effect Thursday allowing to-go sales of beer and wine, and delivery of the drinks without the business needing a delivery permit. Those sales will be allowed through Jan. 1, 2022.
