SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed legislation that overhauls alcohol licensing and rules about serving drinks in restaurants.
Herbert said in statement Tuesday that changes will make restaurant licensing fairer and give establishments options and time to comply with the law.
Under the law, restaurants starting July 1 can take down their barriers nicknamed “Zion Curtains” that block customers from seeing drinks being made if they instead make other changes to keep children away from bars.
The Zion Curtain barriers are generally bars surrounded by translucent glass or a back room. The new law allows restaurants to instead set up buffer-zones around their bars for those 21 and older to watch drinks being made.
It also makes changes to licensing, alcohol pricing and a number of other liquor policies.