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PaulAspie t1_iug2knn wrote

Reply to comment by RichardStinks in TIL about the "Raines sandwich;" an inedible piece of "food" that served as a way to bypass prohibition laws. by Alabussy

Like why not have pretzels and chips? If I'm grabbing a beer at a brewery, I will often be ready to buy an overpriced bag of chips.

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lilmisswho89 t1_iugybmx wrote

We have those laws in Aus. It literally specifies that food must be sold if alcohol is being served. Literally a plate of peanuts on the counter counts.

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UnconstructiveLover t1_iuh4v7z wrote

In Queensland it has to be ( or had to be last time I did my RMLV) a meal that you would typically eat with a knife and fork. Chips or garlic bread or a toastie didn’t count Edit I’m thinking of on certain public holidays, Christmas Day and Anzac Day.

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lilmisswho89 t1_iuh5qt0 wrote

I’m in Vic, I held a liquor license for a bar for a while so I was relatively good with the laws. What I learnt most of all is that VGLR enforces the law based on context. The food rule is gonna be a lot more strict at a sit down bar than at a nightclub, but the reverse would be true for the water rule.

As the dude who ran my liquor license training said, (paraphrase) sometimes it’s safer to stick a drunk in the corner and ply them with water and food until they sober up a bit, is that what the law says? No, but that’s why laws are written vaguely, so common sense can prevail. (Liquor license people are not cops but they work with cops so have that argument elsewhere)

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kombimon t1_iuhfp6w wrote

The ZOO used to have thus licence in the Valley. You'd get a plaster plate with a ham slice rolled up, a manky salad on a cling wrapped plate to get through the door with entry fee. A bin on the other side of entry full of plates that I'm sure were recycled!

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RobtheNavigator t1_iuinz0a wrote

For real, I can't imagine why a bar wouldn't at least have some kind of prepackaged food just for profit reasons. Drunk people want food and they can either leave your bar to get it or stay and keep drinking.

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