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ABCC Advisory Regarding Indoor Table and Bar Service

Advisory Regarding Indoor Table and Bar Service (issued October 13, 2020)

Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission · Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator) · Massachusetts
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Advisory implementing the mandatory Sector Specific Workplace Safety Standards
Issued
2020-10-13 Oct. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-10-13
End
Superseded by the December 13, 2020 rollback (Ex. 087) and the May 29, 2021 lifting of restrictions (Ex. 090) (read as 2020-12-13)
In force
Oct. 13, 2020 to Dec. 13, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all licensees for on-premises consumption
Functions reached
  • BA (seated service only; food required)
  • DR
  • EMP
  • CB
Character
context
Collection
State alcoholic-beverage regulators AGY-ST-ALCOHOL

Operative words

All Licensees licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption must provide seated food service, at a table or the bar, with the sale of alcohol. The food must be prepared on-site... Licensees should obtain a phone number from someone in each party to be used in the event contract tracing becomes necessary. All Licensees providing indoor table and bar service must comply with the following: I. MASKS/FACE COVERINGS A. Patrons must wear a mask/face covering at all times when standing or walking inside a licensed premise; B. Licensee employees must wear masks/face coverings at all times while working

Enforcement

Local licensing authorities and ABCC; M.G.L. c. 138, § 64

Retrieval note

Exhibits MA-0xx) to licensees. The legal force lies in the Governor's Order, enforced against licensees through M.G.L. c. 138, s. 64; the advisory is not itself an order, rule or condition of license. Cite the Governor's Order as the instrument and the advisory as evidence of its application to licensees).