People speak out after mayor says Raleigh to end alcohol sales after 11 pm

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Raleigh’s mayor said she will sign an executive order next week that will ban the sale of alcohol after 11 p.m.

Mayor Mary Ann Baldwin says she plans to sign the order Monday but details are still being worked out. “When people have had alcohol and whatnot, they don’t make as good a choice,” Baldwin said.

Some business owners in Raleigh got ahead of the decree and made their last calls early on Friday evening.

“We just want to do our part,” said Southern Charred owner Matt Kenner.

Video from a few weeks ago showed large crowds and few masks in Glenwood South.

“We’re a restaurant. We’ve never had security guards or bouncers, but now we do. We call them social-distancing enforcers,” Kenner said.

“It’s not just Glenwood South. There are other places in the city where we’re receiving complaints from people not wearing masks. They’re crowding into places. This order will address the whole city,” Baldwin said.

Raleigh joins Orange County in cutting off alcohol sales early.

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