Restaurant, bar owners pan de Blasio’s partial coronavirus reopening plan
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to reopen coronavirus-shuttered restaurants and bars under capacity restrictions is half-baked, with the potential to further starve cash-strapped establishments,...
View ArticleWisconsin bars packed after court blocks coronavirus shutdown order
Hours after Wisconsin’s Supreme Court blocked an extension of the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home order, patrons flooded bars to celebrate after a trade association gave businesses the green light to...
View ArticlePeople flock to NYC-area bars, beaches as ‘quarantine fatigue’ intensifies
Lockdown-weary New Yorkers ditched the distancing to get social this weekend.
View ArticleNYPD will stop people from partying outside NYC bars: de Blasio
Here comes the hangover. Cops will crack down on quarantine-fatigued New Yorkers partying outside their favorite bars, Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed on Sunday — as he threatened to fence off beaches if...
View ArticleMaryland bar unveils social distancing tubes for drinkers
A Maryland bar unveiled an innovative solution to help patrons remain socially distant when it fully reopens — inner tubes on wheels. Fish Tales in Ocean City rolled out new “social distancing tables”...
View ArticleFlorida woman busted for trying to kiss strangers at bar, calling 911 about...
A Florida woman was busted after repeatedly trying to kiss strangers at a bar and also calling 911 five times to complain patrons were not remaining socially distant inside the establishment, according...
View ArticleJapanese pub aims to clean up with disinfectant spray machine
The pub in Tokyo’s normally bustling Shinjuku district has installed a machine that sprays customers with hypochlorous acid water as they enter. Customers are first greeted by a hostess on a monitor,...
View ArticleBooze take-out, delivery sales to be extended post-coronavirus under new...
Booze take-out and delivery services would be extended another two years post-pandemic under new legislation introduced Thursday.
View ArticleVideos show crowds drinking inside Long Island bar despite coronavirus shutdown
A Long Island bar got into hot water over the weekend after apparently allowing dozens of customers inside the establishment to drink beverages in violation of the state’s coronavirus shutdown. Videos...
View ArticleSouth Korean clubs will use QR codes to log visitors amid coronavirus
South Korea will now require places like nightclubs and bars to use QR codes to log customers’ visits as part of its coronavirus contact tracing efforts. Starting next month, those types of...
View ArticleWashington, DC may permanently allow restaurants, bars to serve to-go alcohol
To-go alcohol might not be going anywhere. When bars and restaurants were forced to close their dining rooms due to the coronavirus pandemic, several states and cities adjusted the rules to allow these...
View ArticleTexas bar owner bans customers from wearing coronavirus masks inside
A Texas tavern said this week it will not serve customers who wear coronavirus protective face masks, according to a report. The Liberty Tree Tavern, located in Elgin — about 25 miles east of Austin —...
View ArticleIconic Midtown sports bar Foley’s NY closing down
A New York City sports mecca is no more. Foley’s NY, an iconic Midtown waterhole cherished by sportswriters, fans, and beer lovers alike, will be closing its doors permanently, owner Shaun Clancy...
View ArticleNY state suspends liquor licenses over social distancing infractions
The state has suspended the liquor licenses of 18 establishments since late March because of social-distancing violations — including one in Queens that allegedly claims local racists are behind the...
View ArticleWith no public bathrooms, the Big Apple is now ‘the Big Toilet’
Revelers are freely peeing in public since most bathrooms remain closed.
View ArticleAsbury Park, NJ gives restaurants blessing to defy state COVID lockdown
Restaurants in Asbury Park, New Jersey are clear to resume indoor dining starting Monday, city officials have ruled — in defiance of Garden State Gov. Phil Murphy’s coronavirus shutdown. “We believe...
View ArticleFlorida health care worker, 15 friends contract COVID-19 at bar
A Mayo Clinic worker who stayed indoors for months in Florida to avoid getting the coronavirus says she finally broke quarantine to go to a bar with pals earlier this month — leaving her and 15 of her...
View Article12 Texas bars have alcohol permits suspended for violating coronavirus protocols
A dozen bars in Texas have had their alcohol permits temporarily suspended as of Sunday after they failed to meet health protocols put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19. The Texas Alcoholic...
View ArticleSlow start for Phase 2 suggests NYC’s got a very long way to go
New York finally began Phase Two reopening Monday — and it wasn’t with a bang. The subway didn’t look much different from last week, nor the commuter trains. An Uber driver told us he hadn’t seen much...
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