To-Go Cocktails Coming To PA

HARRISBURG, PA — To-go cocktails are coming to Pennsylvania.

Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday he intends to sign a Bucks County lawmaker's bill allowing restaurants to sell to-go cocktails during the coronavirus shutdown.

State Rep. Perry Warren's bill passed overwhelmingly in the Senate last week after already passing in the House.

The bill allows restaurants or hotels that have lost more than 25 percent of their average monthly sales because of the shutdown make "prepared beverages and mixed drinks" and sell them for curbside pickup.

According to the bill, the drinks would have to be sold in containers with lids.

No more than 64 ounces could be sold at one time, the bill says. Customers would have to carry the drinks in their trunk or another area of their vehicle not occupied by the driver or passengers.

"The passage of this bill is great news for Pennsylvania's restaurant industry during the COVID-19 pandemic," Warren, a Democrat from Yardley, said last week. "It enables our local restaurants selling food, beer and wine to add another product for curbside pickup and takeout during this crisis. I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle in both the House and the Senate for supporting this legislation."