on sales of beer, wine, and liquor â from old-school neighborhood joints to dance clubs to Veterans of Foreign Wars posts. Some proprietors, like Allen, wonder what makes their businesses so different from the many restaurants that serve alcohol and have been open for months. âDoes COVID only come in when thereâs no food?â Allen said. âIf the same rules are applying â where you have to be 6 feet away, you can only be in there for 90 minutes, you can only have a certain amount of people â whatâs the difference between having food and not having food?â While other businesses talk about a slow return to normalcy, there is no clear timeline for when drinking establishments can reopen. Governor Charlie Baker allowed restaurants to