HARRSIBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf is suggesting that he’ll veto a bill that would allow thousands of retailers with licenses to sell beer and wine to begin selling cans of mixed hard alcohol drinks to-go.
Wolf’s office said Tuesday he supports the original intent of the bill: to allow hotels, restaurants and bars to continue making mixed hard alcohol drinks and selling them in to-go containers.
Legislation signed by Wolf last year legalized those drinks as a way for hotels, bars and restaurants hit hard by COVID-19 restrictions to make extra money. But Republican lawmakers inserted provisions expanding the sale of mixed drinks in cans that Wolf opposes.
The policy came to an end at the conclusion of Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 emergency disaster declaration, which was officially halted Tuesday when the May election results were certified.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will enforce the change.
To-go cocktails were implemented in May 2020 as a way to help the struggling bar and restaurant industry during the pandemic.
“It’s really been a strong addition for us,” said Nick Ciesielski, the co-general manager of the Railyard Tap Room in Bridgeville.
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