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by danans 1991 days ago
> * Restaurants can continue to offer delivery for food, but takeaway alcohol will be banned

Is restaurant takeaway alcohol even a thing in normal times in the UK?

In CA at least, the state temporarily removed the normal restriction on takeaway alcohol in order to help restaurants during lockdowns.
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bananapear 1991 days ago
Not sure if it’s really that common, but it’s a staple of Friday evenings at City firms if you have to stay late.

You order a meal via the corporate Deliveroo/Seamless etc., to the firm-paid limit and immediately call the restaurant and ask for beer of the same value to be delivered instead.

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CamouflagedKiwi 1991 days ago
No - but lots of places (particularly pubs) had started doing takeaway alcohol last year in order to have _some_ sales, there was some general restriction-lifting to help with that kind of thing.

There's of course not any evidence that it's a meaningful contributor to infection, but lockdown is such a crude tool that it's going to hit it regardless.

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monksy 1991 days ago
All states should have done that in the first 2 weeks. It's irritating to see the bible belt/NC wait 9 freaking months to now allow for take away alcohol.

It feels like the governments are:

1. Trying to limit the enforcement and severity of actions or

2. They don't know what they're doing. (Which creates more resistance)

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