Depending on their alcohol sales and on-site food options, Texas bars might have a way to reopen for business
) under an executive order in late June, would be able to reopen for customers to drink and dine on the premises.of the reclassification this week, which allowed the businesses to only report on-premise alcohol sales. This meant that to-go, retail, and wholesale beer sales didn’t count towards the breweries’ licensing sales. Austin Beerworks, Oddwood Ales, 4th Tap Brewing Co-op, and Hopsquad have already reopened their taprooms and patios under this allowance.
Likewise, bars can also apply for Food and Beverage certificates if they ramped up their on-site kitchen space or added a permanent food truck to their grounds. That would mean that these bars would be able to include new food sales towards its gross receipts, which could change the ratio of its alcohol sales towards under 51 percent, thus allowing them to reopen for dine-in service too.
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