{"id":"AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-089","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 Order No. 65","instrument":"ABCC Advisory Regarding the Lifting of the 40% Cap on Seating Capacity","title":"Advisory Regarding the Lifting of the 40% Cap on Seating Capacity (issued February 26, 2021; effective March 1, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-02-26","effective":"2021-03-01","end":"Phase IV Step 1 (March 22, 2021); all restrictions lifted May 29, 2021","startDate":"2021-03-01","endDate":"2021-03-22","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CAP","GATH","ALC","EVT"],"addressees":["licensees that sell alcohol for on-premises consumption"],"clause":"Beginning Monday, March 1, 2021, licensees that sell alcohol for on-premises consumption are no longer subject to a 40% cap on seating capacity in their establishments; capacity will be limited only by the requirement of six feet distance between tables.... These licensees are reminded that the 90-minute time limit per table and table capacity of 6 people remain in effect, as well as the requirement that food must be served with alcohol orders. Food courts must remain closed during this phase of reopening.","enforcement":"M.G.L. c. 138, § 64","functions":["DR","BA","PE","CB"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/abcc-advisory-regarding-the-lifting-of-the-40-cap-on-seating-capacity/download","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/2021/https://www.mass.gov/doc/abcc-advisory-regarding-the-lifting-of-the-40-cap-on-seating-capacity/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":103557,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-ALCOHOL","url":"/library/AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-089","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-089","citation":"Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding the Lifting of the 40% Cap on Seating Capacity (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-089)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-088","AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-087","AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-090"]}