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Governor Roy Cooper signed a new executive order Monday, allowing the to-go sale of mixed drinks. (Port City Daily photo/File)
WILMINGTON A few bar owners in Wilmington are weighing their options while considering Gov. Roy Cooper’s new
executive order, EO183, that authorizes the North Carolina ABC Commission to permit bars and restaurants to do delivery or carry-out mixed beverages until closing time.
“Well I’ll be damned. Welcome to the 21st century,” Scott Wagner, owner of Goat and Compass, said when he found out about the order.
Nationwide, small restaurants and bars make an $899 billion economic impact, yet haven’t received federal government relief through the pandemic, other than Paycheck Protection Program loans. While some states across the nation have more lax alcohol laws and approve of mixed-beverage sales to-go, North Carolina’s General Assembly could not agree on an amendment that was later dropped from a Covid-19 bill in April that