Bars and restaurants are closed for dine-in service around the state of California, but customers are now allowed to have alcoholic beverages dropped off at their doorsteps.

A notice of regulatory relief for Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) licensed businesses issued Wednesday has suspended restrictions on free delivery of alcoholic beverages.

The notice will also extend delivery hours for retailers to midnight, allow certain charitable promotions related to the sale of alcohol and allow distilled spirit manufacturers to provide high-proof spirits for disinfection services.

“It is estimated that the 93,000 businesses the California ABC licenses employ over a million Californians,” said California Department of ABC director Jacob Appelsmith. “Those industry employees need paychecks to support themselves, their families, and loved ones. Many Californians have filed for unemployment recently, and this temporary regulatory relief could ease some of the state’s economic stress.”

After California instituted a statewide shelter-in-place order on March 19, the ABC issued its first notice of regulatory relief for licensed businesses.

That notice granted eight temporary prohibitions that dropped restrictions on the following activities:

Return of alcoholic beverages

Retail to retail transactions

Extension on credit

On-sale retailers exercising off-sale privileges

Sales of alcohol to-go

Off-sale transactions

Hours of operation for retail sales

Deliveries to consumers

The ABC said both notices issued to licensed businesses are “designed to support the alcoholic beverage industry in its efforts to help California slow the spread of the virus while assisting the industry deal with the economic challenges it is facing as a result.”

Which bars and restaurants are able to provide free delivery of alcoholic beverages to customers?

According to a FAQ on the ABC’s website, establishments with “on-sale” and “off-sale” licenses will be able to deliver alcohol for free and places with “on-sale” licenses will be able to use a third-party delivery company.

An “on-sale” license is an establishment where alcohol can be bought and consumed on-site (Think a restaurant) while an “off-sale” license is an establishment that sells packaged and closed alcohol containers required to be consumed off-site (Think a grocery or liquor store).

For customers interested in ordering drinks delivered from their favorite restaurant, keep in mind that to-go sales of alcohol can only be made in the same transaction as food sales for pick-up or delivery.

The ABC specifies that licensees are responsible for delivery and may be subject to discipline if alcohol is delivered “to minors or obviously intoxicated persons.”