Some Oregon bar, restaurant owners have been calling for to-go cocktails BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Throughout this challenging year, bars and restaurants across the state have had to adapt to the ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic rules. And a new wrinkle that some say could help is being proposed: to-go cocktails. Next Monday, at a scheduled one-day special session, state lawmakers will discuss the possibility of giving liquor license-holders the option to serve to-go cocktails. For Richard Whittemore, the owner of M & J Tavern in Bend there are a lot of questions. “How are the cocktails served, is it a to-go cup?" Whittemore asked Friday. "Do you just drive up and get a to-go cup and drive off?”