Bar owners thrilled at imminent end of food-with-booze rule Harvey’s Restaurant and Bar co-owners Matthew Bagley, left, and Adam Humphrey hold $1 snacks they introduced to tweak new state rules requiring food be sold with every initial drink order on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Harvey’s “Cuomo chips,” right, were quickly judged by the state as not substantial enough to meet the then-new food-with-alcohol requirement. (Will Waldron/Times Union) Local bar owners expressed elation Tuesday when the state Legislature moved toward rescinding Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s 9-month-old rule requiring food be purchased with all initial orders of alcohol.