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It seems some republicans want to make it easier to get drunk. Have to wonder what the implications would be for 'bar and saloon' carry.
Bill would change food-alcohol ratios for Virginia restaurants
Dave Albo is on board. Good for business, if you catch my meaning ...
Bill would change food-alcohol ratios for Virginia restaurants
Virginia Beach Del. Scott Taylor this week introduced a bill to change the ratio governing food and alcohol sales at Virginia restaurants.
Under the current system, which hasn’t been changed since 1980, food and non-alcoholic drinks must provide at least 45 percent of a restaurant’s total sales. Beer and wine sales are excluded from the calculations.
Taylor’s bill, HB219, would adjust the ratio to require that food and non-alcoholic beverages make up much less of the total – 25 percent.
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Sen. Richard Saslaw, a Democrat from Northern Virginia who helped craft the current law on ratios, said he’ll oppose the bills. He said restaurants already enjoy a big break because they don’t have to include beer and wine sales in their totals.
“If you can’t meet that ratio, you ain’t running a restaurant,” Saslaw said. “You are flat running a bar. If you want saloons in Virginia, say so.”
Dave Albo is on board. Good for business, if you catch my meaning ...
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