Barkeeps Bemoan Watered-Down To-Go Cocktail Law

San Francisco CA

30 December, 2021

4:35 PM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan Joe Eskenazi, Mission Local December 28, 2021 Over the past two years, you've probably seen the Capri Sun-like adult drink packets filled with neon beverages, or the branded glass jars of margaritas with carefully designed instruction labels affixed. A new state law that goes into effect on Jan. 1 officially makes such to-go cocktails, greenlit during the pandemic, into a legal, permanent offering for restaurants with an alcohol license. The new law – SB 389 – will be in effect for the next five years. It requires a full meal prepared on the premises to accompany any cocktails sold to-go. Customers must pick up in person their to-go cocktails or single-serving wine, ending the ability to order a cocktail through a third-party delivery app. Draught beers cannot be sold to-go at all. (Beer and wine in their original sealed packaging can still be sold for pickup or delivery, much as they could before the pandemic.) To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.