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Divided House shoots down happy hour
The party’s over for a bid to legalize happy hour at bars and restaurants in Vermont, at least for now.
Rep. Oliver Olsen, I-Londonderry, pushed for the measure, seeking to add it as an amendment to a bill up for action on the House floor.
“Many of you may or may not realize that happy hour is actually illegal in Vermont,” he said to fellow lawmakers. “As a restaurant or bar you cannot offer discount alcoholic beverages over a few hours a day.”
Allowing venues to offer specials on alcoholic beverages, he said, is an economic issue, particularly for the parts of Vermont dependent on tourism.
Read more: https://vtdigger.org/2017/02/16/divided-house-shoots-happy-hour/