Posted on 08/23/2020 10:59:29 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
There is no dancing allowed in New York’s bars and restaurants, even at a wedding reception, according to the New York State Liquor Authority.
To control the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s liquor authority has also specifically banned darts, pool, cornhole, karaoke and exotic dancing.
Somehow, a place that allows customers to throw axes and drink beer is reopening Friday. There was no word from the liquor authority on how that fits in to safety protocols.
No kidding. Cuomo has also banned comedy shows.
The intent is to reduce the number of people congregating in bars. If you go to a bar, you must sit at a table or move along, according to the liquor authority’s guidelines.
“I don’t let people dance,” said Dan Palladino, who owns Heritage Hill Brewhouse in Pompey. “I think it’s kind of sad, but I don’t want to risk my license.”
Even live music is in question after the liquor authority surprised bars and restaurants with new language this week on its Frequently Asked Questions page. The state now says music should be incidental and not a concert with paid ticketholders.
Heritage Hill hires bands to play to customers seated outdoors on the weekends and charges a $5 cover. Palladino said it helps him pay the band and to control the crowd. Having people pay to watch a band actually limits the number of customers who turn over tables, he said.
“I have to say: Who’s asking the why?” Palladino said. “Where are these regulations coming from? We know that our cases are declining, yet we continue to come out with more and more regulations, putting a tourniquet on businesses.”
Palladino took away the cornhole games early on to avoid the appearance of congregating. But he disagrees with the rule when people are outside and playing with people they know.
Middle Ages Brewing, in Syracuse, hosts live music on weekends on its loading dock.
Owner Isaac Rubenstein has to remind people not to dance to it.
“You will get people who want to get up and dance to Grateful Dead,” he said. “It’s kind of weird to say you can’t dance by yourself in the middle of nowhere. They generally listen.”
Rubenstein has already stopped advertising his events to keep the crowd small. He also holds the concerts in the afternoon. There’s no charge. He said he wants everyone to stay safe and he wants to stay open.
“While it might be a pain in the ass to enforce and suck for the individuals, especially for weddings, I do understand the overall purpose,” he said.
The restrictions have cut into business for Jonathan Paduano, a DJ who owns Classy Cat Entertainment. Some of the small restaurants where he played music can only offer take-out. Dance clubs have not reopened, he said.
aduano has found a clever way to keep things hopping at weddings, though.
He’s designed a bride and groom trivia game guests can play on their phones.
“I think the ‘no dancing’ is fine partly because we’re able to find other ways to entertain our clients’ friends and family,” he said. “Before Covid, we’d use it as a way to call people up to the buffets.”
The table that guessed the correct answer first got to go to the buffet.
Now, there are no buffets either.
Can’t play any games where you touch each others’ balls.
And no criticizing the governor.
Al Gore can do the macarena like he did at the 1996 DNC.
Do Soap Operas count?
When I was very young, Bacon had a short lived role on “Guiding Light” as a spoiled rich boy who eventually dies in a drunken automobile accident.
ESPECIALLY soap operas.
LOL! I was telling my daughter about that scene not long ago! It’s a perfect illustration of these fiat dictators.
Oh whats those liberals gonna do?
:) I didn’t think anyone else saw that movie :)
Not to mention the state?
Hmmm!! Now Fascista Cuomo is an expert on “cornholes”. Guess he gets lonely up in Albany.
Next, he’ll bank “bungholes” on whiskey barrels, another “hole” he’s an expert on.
#25. Re “Sexual intercourse is permitted in the pool table, however”.
Is that known as “putting one in the corner pocket” or “a hole in one”? I’m not good at sports terminology. /sarc
He was my favorite comedian for a long time. ‘What’s Up, Tiger Lily?’ and ‘Take the Money and Run’ are still two of the best comedies from the early-mid 60’s.
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