Dan Grant is co-owner of Bossanova, a bar an bottle shop on Roncesvalles Avenue in Toronto.
Ontario's booze regulator told a bar to collect names from take-out customers. Now it's backtracking | CBC News LoadedOntario's alcohol regulator ordered a Toronto bar and bottle shop to record the name, address and purchase details of everyone who buys beer and wine to take home. After CBC News contacted liquor regulator AGCO, it announced "immediate review" of the rule.
Dan Grant and his fellow co-owner, Ben Plisky-Somers, say they have never heard of any other bar or restaurant in Ontario being ordered to take down the names and addresses of customers purchasing booze for takeout and were baffled by the requirement. Bossanova stocks products that aren't available in the LCBO, including artisanal wines and small-batch craft beer.
Plisky-Somers added: "We pride ourselves on being compliant with all the government rules and regulations. That's really important to us."Premier Doug Ford's government has generally loosened some of Ontario's restrictions on alcohol sales since taking office in 2018, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
"I think it's crazy," the customer, Lisa Kiss, said in an interview. "It doesn't make any sense to me and I want to know what going to do with that information.""The licensee failed to record and retain the required information and records when liquor and food were removed from the licensed premises for takeout," reads the notice.
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