In case Utah wasn’t strange enough

I’ve never been to Utah, probably to my detriment (I think). So, if you have, the strange booze laws may not be as, well, strange, to you. I was aware, thanks to the Winter Olympics some years back that Willard helped rescue, that you couldn’t get normal beer there, but I was unaware of this stuff:

So-called Zion curtains separating diners from bartenders are not only back, the opaque partitions unique to Utah are now closing on eateries whose only alcoholic beverage is beer.

Restrictions placed on new beer-only restaurants are driving at least one Utah chain, Wing Nutz, to expand out of state. Another, Wingers Bar & Grill, is questioning whether it should open more restaurants in the state.

The change means servers at new eateries that serve only beer may not pop off a cap on a beer bottle or pull the tab on a can in view of customers. They must install partitions or build backrooms to store or pour beer with a 3.2 percent alcohol content by weight. Heavier beer is not allowed.

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