The Era of Cocktails To-Go in Pennsylvania has Ended…For Now

R licensees should immediately STOP selling cocktails to-go and serving alcohol in outdoor areas that were temporarily licensed under the Governor’s Emergency Declaration.   

In a previous article that explained new legislation that permitted R licenses to sell mixed drinks to-go, Attorney Daniel Conlon wrote:

Q: HOW LONG CAN A LICENSEE SELL MIXED DRINKS FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION AND SELL LIQUOR BOTTLES TO OTHER “R” AND “H” LICENSEES?

A: Until Governor Wolf terminates his March 6, 2020 Proclamation of Disaster Emergency, and during the mitigation period after the termination of the disaster emergency in which a licensee is operating at less than sixty per centum (60%) capacity.

Governor Wolf’s Emergency Declaration ended yesterday, June 15, 2021.  Sadly, the Declaration’s termination also marks the end of temporary expanded outdoor premises permits and the legal sale of cocktails to-go.  

A bill in the Pennsylvania Senate (HB 1154) would make cocktails to-go permanent for R licensees throughout the state, however, this bill is stuck in the Senate’s Law and Justice Committee.

For more information on this or any other legal matter, contact Daniel Conlon at dconlon@tuckerlaw.com.