Governor allows South Carolina restaurants to sell beer and wine curbside

Call it a silver lining amidst a dark cloud. Though dine-in service in restaurants and bars is currently banned, Governor Henry McMaster has amended state laws to allow for restaurants to sell beer and wine curbside.

The changes are effective immediately, according to a statement released by the governor’s office Saturday.

Previously, restaurants with an on-premise beer and wine permit could sell beer and wine as part of to-go orders, but such orders had to be picked up inside the store and could not be delivered curbside or via drive-thru.

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On Saturday, McMaster signed Executive Order 2020-12, which directs the Department of Revenue to waive additional regulations in order to allow restaurants to include sealed containers of beer and wine for curbside pickup or to-go orders, according to a statement released by the governor’s office Saturday afternoon. This waiver does not authorize or apply to open containers or delivery services.

McMaster made the changes, “to facilitate ‘social distancing’ practices and to mitigate the significant economic impacts of COVID-19 on individuals and businesses throughout the State, particularly restaurants and other food-service establishments,” the order stated.

Here are some of the places offering beer and wine to go. More will likely follow suit. Let us know what restaurants we need to add. E-mail lpenso@greenvillenews.com

Pour Taproom: Pour Taproom is going to be offering curbside 32 ounce can growlers from 4 - 8 p.m. via phone, Facebook message, or drop by.

Cans are 30% off draft price. Call 864-412-7400

The Southern Growl: Offering a rotating beer menu. Check the website for most current offerings. Order ahead by calling 864-655-7444.

Chicora Alley Fire House: Selling deeply discounted bottles. 864-610-6180

Chicora Alley Downtown: Selling deeply discounted bottles. 864-232-4100

Foxcroft Wine Co.: Order bottles of wine ahead online or by calling the store, or select a bottle from the retail shop, which remains open for now. 864-906-4200

Fork & Plough: Offering single cans and packs of beer as well as bottles of wine in its market.864-609-4249.

Iron Hill Brewery: Four packs and growlers available for pickup. No growlers will be refilled, exchanges of growlers for new ones accepted

Expanded “Growler Hour” with half priced growlers and $5 off 4-packs Monday-Friday 4- 8 p.m. and 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. 864-568-7009

Liability Brewing: Cans and growlers of beer can be preordered online at liabilitybrewing.com for pickup at our outdoor service counter or curbside delivery. Growlers also available, as are single cans and four and six-packs. 864-

Northampton Wine + Dine: Retail shop remains open 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. 864-271-3919

Soby’s: offering select bottles of wine. Order a case of wine and get 10 % off. 864-232-7007

Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery: Offering both packs of beer and bottles and cans of wine.

Urban Wren: All bottles of wine are 50 % off. Curbside service available 4 – 8 p.m. 864-867-1081

The Community Tap: Has all your beer and wine needs covered. 864-631-2525

Sweet Sippin: Bbottle sales and orders are available 5- 8 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Send a text to 603-866-6785

The Anchorage: Offering bottles of wine through its CSA and market program. 864-219-3081

Topsoil Kitchen & Market: Selling bottles of wine, beer, including $10 packs of PBR. 864-610-2281

Jianna: Selling bottles of wine at a discounted rate. 864-720-2200

Lillia Callum-Penso covers food for The Greenville News. She can be reached at lpenso@greenvillenews.com or at 864-478-5872, or on Facebook at facebook.com/lillia.callumpenso.