Cocktails
California Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to speak at a news conference about relief for restaurants as San Francisco Mayor London Breed laughs and looks on outside Tommy's Mexican Restaurant in San Francisco, on Thursday, June 3, 2021. The governor offered his support for the extension and expansion of outdoor dining and takeout cocktails. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
California to allow sale of to-go cocktails through 2021

By Olga R. Rodriguez And Kathleen Ronayne Jun. 03, 2021 05:55 PM EDT

Oregon Legislature makes cocktails to-go permanent

Jun. 02, 2021 08:30 AM EDT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill allowing the sale of cocktails to-go to continue after the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

FILE - In this Thursday, April 15, 2021, file photo, Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey speaks during a bill signing in Phoenix. Come fall, Arizona residents who want to have their favorite restaurant deliver a meal to their home may also be able to get a cocktail delivered. Credit the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to issue an executive order last May allowing the practice. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Ducey signs bill letting restaurants sell cocktails to go

By Bob Christie May. 21, 2021 03:25 PM EDT

Kansas governor signs legislation keeping cocktails to go

May. 19, 2021 06:07 PM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — People will be able to get beer and cocktails to go in Kansas after the coronavirus pandemic thanks to a measure signed into law Wednesday...

Kansas lawmakers want to keep cocktails to go after pandemic

By John Hanna May. 10, 2021 12:21 PM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The state that made saloon smasher Carrie Nation famous is moving to allow people to get beer and cocktails to go after the coronavirus...

Booze-to-go approved by Wisconsin Senate

Mar. 23, 2021 03:58 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Booze-to-go will be easier to purchase in Wisconsin under a pair of bills passed Tuesday by the state Senate. ...

Cocktails to go would be legal in Wisconsin under bill

Mar. 17, 2021 02:10 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Bars and restaurants could sell cocktails and glasses of wine to go under a bill the state Assembly approved...

Missouri bill would permanently allow curbside cocktails

By Summer Ballentine Feb. 17, 2021 04:10 PM EST
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill to make a temporary rule allowing curbside cocktails during the coronavirus pandemic...

Arizona restaurants look to make cocktails-to-go permanent

By Jonathan J. Cooper Feb. 09, 2021 07:48 PM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona restaurants are trying to convince state lawmakers to let them sell cocktails to-go, looking to make permanent a temporary right they...

A waiter reaches for a bottle at a cocktail bar hidden away in a dark corner of central Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Its owner, a Syrian migrant, opened the establishment a few weeks ago as a refuge for a hand-picked clientele that wants to evade the stigma of drinking alcohol in a Muslim-majority society. He also hopes to put food on the table for his family back home in war-ravaged Syria. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
In a Baghdad bar, a Syrian serves cocktails to fix war woes

By Samya Kullab Feb. 03, 2021 01:04 AM EST

A collection of spirits and cocktail recipe books are displayed at a home in Alexandria, Va., on Oct. 4, 2020. Since the pandemic hit the United States, a lot of social drinking has moved back home. (Elizabeth Karmel via AP)
Cocktails get the home treatment in several new books

By Elizabeth Karmel Oct. 06, 2020 09:56 AM EDT

Sugar House bartender Shelby Minnix creates a Lavender Lemonade cocktail in a to-go bottle, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Detroit. At least 33 states and the District of Columbia are temporarily allowing cocktails to-go during the pandemic, up from around three before the coronavirus struck. Dave Kwiatkowski, who owns the Sugar House was able to reopen July 10 for carryout service. Kwiatkowski normally employs a staff of 16, but for now, it's just him at the door and a bartender making drinks. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
To-go drinks an elixir for public, a lifeline for business

By Dee-Ann Durbin Aug. 24, 2020 12:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, pool file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks in Lansing, Mich. A federal appeals court late Wednesday, June 24, 2020, halted a lower judge's ruling and kept closed gyms and fitness centers that Whitmer ordered shut months ago to curb the coronavirus. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, Pool, File)
Michigan governor closes indoor bars, allows to-go cocktails

By Anna Liz Nichols Jul. 01, 2020 04:04 PM EDT

Governor closes indoor bar service in parts of Michigan due to COVID-19 concerns; signs bills allowing cocktails-to-go

Jul. 01, 2020 04:00 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Governor closes indoor bar service in parts of Michigan due to COVID-19 concerns; signs bills allowing cocktails-to-go. ...

Michigan Legislature OKs cocktails to go to help restaurants

By David Eggert Jun. 24, 2020 12:10 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — People could order cocktails for pickup or delivery from Michigan bars and restaurants through 2025 under a bill that won final approval...

In this May 19, 2020, photo, Kyle Froelich, right, hands a customer a carryout six-pack of beer at Good Time Charley's in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan restaurants and bars could sell cocktails and liquor for pickup or delivery and would see a temporary cut in state liquor prices under fast-tracked legislation that supporters hope will help the industry survive the coronavirus pandemic. The state already lets bars and restaurants sell unopened beer and wine to go. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Michigan Senate OKs cocktails to go, cut in liquor prices

By David Eggert Jun. 10, 2020 11:48 AM EDT

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gestures during a news conference at the Capitol Wednesday April 8, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Northam gave an update on his COVID-19 plans. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Margs-To-Go: Restaurants can serve cocktails with takeout

Apr. 09, 2020 04:18 PM EDT