"Virginia ABC is working to enhance our social presence by being more active on our existing platforms (Facebook, Twitter and YouTube). The agency will continue to use the sites to create more communications channels for engagement with customers, licensees and industry partners," Guild said in an email to Richmond.com.

The reaction from restaurant folks was about what you'd expect from them upon realizing that the state agency in charge of enforcing (and fining) ABC laws was following them on Twitter: a little bit of freak out and paranoia - and recommendations to each other to block the account.

Guild says the individuals are welcome to block ABC if they'd like, but the agency's hope is to "open more communication channels" with restaurants and staff.

Of course, it's worth a reminder, to the restaurant owners and staff who were followed yesterday, that when it comes to Virginia ABC law enforcement, staff are treated like the restaurant.

That means that any individual who works for (or owns) a restaurant would be in violation of ABC law for, say, tweeting out specific happy hour specials (get a refresher on the new law here).