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Ex. PA-117 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores at the end of business Mar. 17, 2020 (indefinite); limited online sales resumed Apr. 1, 2020; curbside pickup from Apr. 20, 2020 (under the Governor's Apr. 20 amendment, PA-110); phased store reopening with the county phases from May 8, 2020

PLCB store closures and phased reopening (Mar. 17 - June 2020)

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board · Pennsylvania (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Liquor Code; PLCB operational authority over the Commonwealth's retail liquor monopoly
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17 close of business (read as 2020-03-17)
End
Stores reopened in phases May-June 2020 (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureAlcohol and barsSupply chain
Addressees
  • Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores; licensees purchasing from them; consumers
Functions reached
  • SC alcohol supply chain for every restaurant, bar and hotel licensee (the Commonwealth is the sole wholesale source of wine and spirits)
  • SF state retail closed
  • BA
Collection
Pennsylvania PA

Enforcement

PLCB operational decision under the Liquor Code

Notes

The Commonwealth's own liquor monopoly closed every retail outlet, cutting licensees' wine and spirits supply for weeks; primary release not archived under a recoverable URL.

Retrieval note

Wikipedia 'COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania' chronology (read Sept. 26, 2026) and Husch Blackwell's Apr. 20 entry ('enabled liquor board curbside pickup').