New York State Next State to Banning ‘Happy Hours’?

Some places are banned from having happy hours.

Is New York State going to be joining all of these other states by not allowing bars and restaurants to do Happy Hours?

Happy Hour, usually a time where drinks can be discounted to entice people to come in early or right after work, is banned in some states and New York could be next. Right now there are 8 states in America that do not allow Happy Hour:

• Alaska
• Indiana
• Massachusetts
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• Rhode Island
• Utah
• Vermont

Would New York State to be the next state to follow? There is a New York State law that restricts what bars and restaurants are able to do:

No licensee, acting individually or in conjunction with other licensees, may offer, sell, serve, or deliver an unlimited number of drinks to anyone during any set period of time for a fixed price.

That's not bad compared to what one state is doing.

At one point, Utah took things to a whole new level. They didn't allow you to have certain drinks ANY TIME at bars or restaurants because the drinks were too strong.

According to USAToday, "Up until 2019, all beer served at bars or sold in grocery stores in Utah had to be at or below 3.2% alcohol. That has now been increased to 5%. The only place to find more alcoholic beer is at distilleries or liquor stores. Cocktails in Utah must have "shots" of 1.5 ounces of primary liquor and no more than 2.5 ounces of spirits total in one drink."

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