Washington Examiner: No one likes to be told to eat their veggies, and that goes double during a pandemic. So it’s downright crazy that the New York government is allowing the State Liquor Authority to aggressively enforce rules that require drinking establishments to serve food with alcoholic beverages they sell during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Perhaps not surprisingly, this has led to some ridiculous situations. For example, Pint Sized (a Saratoga Springs craft beer bar) was hit with an expected $1,500 fine for failing to serve what regulators deemed was enough veggies per pint of beer. Pint Sized was attempting to comply with New York’s rule by offering simple bowls of canned vegetables, beans, or chili to each customer.
It turned out that customers were understandably unable to keep up with all the bowls of food landing on their tables. The bar’s staff started to feel guilty about food waste, with good reason given the struggles of food banks during the pandemic, and elected to cut back portions to one bowl of food per table of customers. When undercover agents from the State Liquor Authority ordered brews at Pint Sized and received an insufficient amount of food alongside their drinks, the agency fined the bar.
Although Pint Sized was able to defray the cost of the fine by selling tongue-in-cheek T-shirts to its loyal customers (never underestimate American innovation when it comes to booze), the episode demonstrates the extent to which New York’s COVID-19 approach to food and drink businesses is out of touch and damaging. more
Fuck the government–
It’s time we relinquish their authority.
The land of the free won’t let me drink my dinner. What’s next, I can’t have bacon, a whole plate of it, for breakfast and lunch without vegetables?
@ecp – I’m guessin’ the pig was near comatose and not in his right mind right before he was exploited for his bacon, so I would reason that he indeed may have rightly been considered a vegetable at that point. I’m still working on the health food logic chain for cheese, beer and chocolate though.
This shit isn’t even happening in Turdeau’s version of Canuckistan.
What the hell happened to NY?
Aren’t these the same Dumb@sses that band large soda?
I don’t know about any of that, just get me two straws for my oversized soda please!
What’s that you say, I need more veggies….. why is the governor looking to get rid of more family members?
What the hell happened to NY?
It got hungry, that’s what!
Money hungry! The NYC (New York Communists) have been so successfull in driving people and corporations out they need the revenue any way they can get it!!
What the hell??? I thought hops was a vegetable.
In England they have on election ballots a choice of, “NO VOTE” if no volt wins an election, the election has to be re-run with all new names on ballots. This way you don’t have to vote for someone you really don’t want. We need to update our system here. I think that would help un-decided voters and bad candidates from gaining power and faulty policies.
Defund the State Liquor Authority!
Combine the fact that people are fleeing New York in droves with the fact that the economy is beyond depressed. What – you thought the city was just going to give up on squeezing blood from the remaining turnips?
Normally, these “Stings” cost a hell of a lot more than the Fines They bring in.
I remember the KWPD spent $180K on a T-Shirt Shop Sting that netted somewhere
around $30K in Fines.
Throw in the fact that NYC is already broke…. idiocracy
…because it went so well when they went full Nazi on selling loose cigarettes, sure, let’s raid bars over veggies next…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49399302
…good to hear that NYC has their murder, rape, and beating problem solved so they have time for this…/s
I guess the New York authorities have found the cure for covid. A pint of beer and a bowl of veggies will definitely halt the spread of the virus. yippee!!!! let’s proscribe that for everyone.