Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Texas bars and distilleries rip Gov. Greg Abbott for leaving them out of “unacceptable” reopening plan

Texas bars and distilleries rip Gov. Greg Abbott for leaving them out of “unacceptable” reopening plan

As Gov. Greg Abbott outlined his latest reopening plan this week, bar owner Greg Barrineau watched in disbelief. Abbott, who announced that Texas restaurants could expand dine-in service to 75% capacity, said bars must remain closed. “Some bars and their associations have offered some very helpful ideas,” Abbott said of reopening, “and we will continue to work with them on that process.” But Barrineau, who has laid off his 12 staff members and suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses at Drink Texas, a bar with locations in San Antonio and Boerne, said that assertion of collaboration is “insanity — he ...

PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT. Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe today!

Advance Publishing Company

217 W. Park Avenue
Pharr, TX 78577