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| Updated: April 14, 2021, 3:56 a.m.
In the early days of the pandemic, Mark Alston, the owner of The Bayou, purchased $3,000 worth of equipment that would allow his Salt Lake City bar to bottle and sell draft beer to go.
Sales of the sealed containers were brisk, he said, until last week when bars and restaurants across the state received a letter from the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control saying sales of “beer to go” would no longer be allowed except in a few instances.
The DABC is taking away “an important lifeline” for bars and restaurants, Alston told The Tribune. “At a time when to-go sales are mission-critical, it’s like cutting off one leg of a three-legged stool.”
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Utah businesses celebrate move back to full capacity
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SALT LAKE CITY â With the announcement that Honestly, I feel so much hope for the first time in a year, said Katie Rae Curtis, manager of Farmington based restaurant Twigs Bistro and Martini Bar. We ve seen little progress, but I feel excited. I get chills talking about it.
Under the new
guidelines restaurants in Salt Lake and Davis counties can now operate at full capacity, with six-foot distancing and masks still required in waiting areas and when patrons get up from their tables. Moderate level is a huge step in the right direction to get the restaurant industry on the road to recovery, said Melva Sine, President and CEO of the Utah Restaurant Association.