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Sealing and removal of open wine bottles from restaurants
Beginning
on January 1, 2007, restaurant patrons no longer need to leave
behind their unfinished bottle of wine thanks to a new law
signed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich this past year.
With the Illinois
General Assembly’s passage of SB946 (Public Act 094-1047),
a restaurant licensed to sell alcoholic liquor in this State
may permit a patron to remove one unsealed and partially consumed
bottle of wine for off-premise consumption, provided that
the patron has purchased a meal and consumed a portion of
the bottle of wine with the meal on the restaurant premises.
The licensee or agent of the licensee shall provide a dated
receipt for the bottle of wine to the patron.
Additionally,
the partially consumed bottle of wine MUST be securely sealed
by the licensee (or an agent of the licensee) prior to removal
from the premises and placed in a transparent one-time use
tamper-proof bag. (NOTE: There are a number of companies
selling these type of bags, however, the Illinois Liquor Control
Commission cannot endorse any particular product.)
Wine that
is resealed in accordance with the above provisions will not
be considered an “unsealed container” for the purposes
of Section 11-502 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
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