Alcohol Pitcher Meeting Draws No Requests for Change to Braintree Law
The license board also approved outdoor seating at Four Square and food at Hampton Inn during its meeting. More on that later this week on Braintree Patch.
Although several Braintree restaurants were represented during a meeting Tuesday afternoon at Town Hall, no one asked the license board to change or even discuss the local regulation prohibiting the sale of alcohol by pitcher. The meeting was held in response to questions that some restaurants asked Board of License Commissioners Chair Joe Powers about the policy and after he announced that some Braintree establishments had been serving pitchers in violation of local law. Powers would not specify which businesses were involved, but said at least two were serving pitchers of alcohol despite Braintree regulations forbidding it. The state allows the sale of alcohol in pitchers to at least two customers at a time. Braintree's more stringent …
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