HARTFORD — Effective as of noon on Friday, March 20, and pursuant to Executive Order 7G, the Department of Consumer Protection (the Department) issues the following rules and procedures for the operation and limitations of restaurants and other permit premises that allow for on-premise consumption of alcoholic beverages.

The following rules address the conditions for the sale of alcoholic liquor for pick-up.

Unless otherwise noted, the prohibition on deliveries by the permittees addressed in this order remains unchanged.

For all pick-up orders that include alcoholic liquor, the person picking up the order must be of

*legal drinking age and cannot be intoxicated.

*Section 30-22(a) Restaurant Liquor Permit (prefix- LIR)

*Section 30-22(b) Restaurant Wine and Beer Permit (prefix-LRW)

*Section 30-22(c) Restaurant Beer (prefix-LRB)

*Section 30-22a Café Permit (prefix- LCA)

*Section 30-26 Tavern Permit (prefix- LIT)

Such locations may only sell sealed containers of alcoholic liquor consistent with the alcohol types that they are currently permitted to sell on-premise based on their permit type, and only if it is part of a take-out order that is being picked up by the customer that includes the pick-up of food prepared on premises.

Such locations may only be open for customers to order, pick up orders of food, nonalcoholic beverages, and sealed containers of alcoholic liquor as received by the wholesaler. There is no on-premise consumption of alcoholic liquor allowed on the permit premises and on the grounds of the permit premises. Curbside pick-up adjacent to the permit premises is allowed, if there is no municipal ordinance to the contrary.

The hours of such sales that include alcoholic liquor as part of the take-out order, are the same as a package store.