{"id":"AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-085","kind":"context","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-ALCOHOL","eco":"","issuer":"Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission","authority":"Advisory implementing the updated Phase III protocols","instrument":"ABCC Advisory Regarding Food Service and Gatherings for Licensees Selling Alcohol for On-Premises Consumption","title":"Advisory Regarding Food Service and Gatherings for Licensees Selling Alcohol for On-Premises Consumption (issued August 10, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-08-10","effective":"2020-08-11","end":"May 29, 2021 (Ex. 090)","startDate":"2020-08-11","endDate":"2021-05-29","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["ALC","GATH","EVT"],"addressees":["licensees selling alcohol for on-premises consumption"],"clause":"until Phase IV commences all licensees licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption must provide seated food service with the sale of alcohol.... Beginning tomorrow, August 11, 2020, for each customer, an item of prepared food must be ordered at the same time as an initial alcoholic beverage(s) order.... any licensees holding private functions on their premises must limit attendance to 25 people for indoor events and 50 people for outdoor events.","enforcement":"M.G.L. c. 138, § 64; local licensing authorities","functions":["BA","BQ banquets and private functions (25 indoor / 50 outdoor)","DR","CB"],"notes":"Bars, as such, could not operate in Massachusetts until Phase IV (May 29, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/abcc-advisory-regarding-food-service-and-gatherings-for-licensees-selling-alcohol-for-on/download","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200919073835/https://www.mass.gov/doc/abcc-advisory-regarding-food-service-and-gatherings-for-licensees-selling-alcohol-for-on/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":63475,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-ALCOHOL","url":"/library/AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-085","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-085","citation":"Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding Food Service and Gatherings for Licensees Selling Alcohol for On-Premises Consumption (Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-085)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-082","AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-091","AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-084","AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-083","AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-086"]}