Tagged: bars

Boarded-up bar exterior with a blue patio umbrella and potted trees.

Chicago bars lacking outdoor seating or food ordered shut for indoor service… again. It’s time to offer them funds for damages caused by these unfounded decisions about closing – there’s an interesting bill from New Jersey that offers some good insight about why and how to do that.

Chicago’s renewed July 2020 indoor-service restrictions prompt a discussion of compensation for bars and a New Jersey proposal for pandemic relief.

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Bars, restaurants, and wineries, breweries, and distilleries with tap rooms should look to hospitality wins like this recent cruise industry defeat of COVID-19 “fear” and “proximity” cases for lessons and guidance on what to expect in upcoming coronavirus cases.

A 2020 cruise-ship decision examines claims by passengers who did not contract COVID-19, offering litigation lessons for bars and hospitality businesses.

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Here are the guidelines Illinois issued for bars and restaurants looking to re-open. Get familiar with them as a failure to meet these minimum standards could amount to trouble from regulators and grounds for liability from customers or employees that get sick.

Illinois’ May 2020 reopening guidance covers precautions for bars and restaurants, with links to state, federal, and industry safety materials.

Illinois liquor control - illinois liquor attorney Illinois bans on-premise consumption due to Coronavirus covid-19 No beer wine or spirits drinking at bars or restaurants

Here’s the Illinois Liquor Control Commission’s recent guidance regarding limited operations for delivery and to-go sales during enforcement the Executive Order terminating on-premise consumption at bars and restaurants through March 30.

Archived March 2020 Illinois liquor commission guidance on delivery and takeout during the suspension of on-premise consumption.