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Chicago Finally Makes To-Go Cocktails Legal

In a bit of an unexpected move, Chicago’s city council has legalized to-go cocktails effective immediately. Council members approved the measure Wednesday afternoon without objections and a few minutes after watching that Zoom meeting — at 1:26 p.m. — bartender Julia Momose sold Chicago’s first legal to-go cocktail from her West Loop bar, Kumiko. Momose had led the charge to legalize to-go drinks, arguing bars needed the revenue stream to keep afloat while COVID-19 decimated restaurants and bars which were