Restaurants, taverns, and hotels with liquor licenses can sell prepared drinks and mixed cocktails for carryout, similar to the way diners now order food. Skip to Article. Set weather.

Lawmakers changed a bill meant to give cities more freedom to sell alcohol to in fact prohibit grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience stores from selling iced and cold liquor and mixed drinks.

Gov. Greg Abbott approved a waiver on Saturday allowing restaurants and bars to serve mixed drinks to-go and for delivery, according to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC).

Cold seltzers and mixed drinks will stay on Indiana grocery and convenience store shelves as lawmakers squashed a provision aimed to only allow liquor stores to sell such drinks chilled. Earlier ...