The Latest: New Orleans shuts bars, bans takeout booze sales

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: New Orleans shuts bars, bans takeout booze sales

By The Associated Press
54 minutes ago

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans’ mayor is shutting down the city’s bars because of rising coronavirus numbers and is also forbidding restaurants to sell alcoholic drinks to go.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Friday that some lines of people waiting to buy drinks were so long they became “a gathering in themselves, and no mask-wearing and the like.”

Cantrell says the city is seeing daily increases in confirmed coronavirus cases about double its threshold of 50 a day for more relaxed rules. The rule against take-out sales of alcoholic drinks takes effect at 6 a.m. Saturday.

The mayor’s orders came as the Louisiana Department of Health reported more than 2,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases, for a total of 103,734. New Orleans’ total rose 103, to 9,752.

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[Turbineguy]

1. Wow a sober New Orleans

Hard to imagine.

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. LOL! Never.

Our grocery stores sell hard liquor. Sales are booming.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Why don't people just buy alcohol from liquour stores or supermarkets?

It's certainly a lot cheaper, and they could probably even get it delivered. No risk, unless you get really drunk and do something stupid.

[likesmountains 52]

5. It's "go cups" you can get a drink and walk around town with it. No need to sit in the bar.

[MissB]

4. Dammmmmn

That’s serious