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Bye-bye silly signs? Liquor bill could repeal requirement for Utah restaurants, but not bars

The signs were mandated as part of a massive liquor-reform law approved in 2017. Among many changes, the law modified Utah’s quirky alcohol-dispensing barrier requirements — aka the “Zion Curtain.”

HB456, sponsored by Rep. Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, would modify some of the provision in the law and address concerns and problems that have arisen since it went into effect.

One of the more unique liquor requirements were the signs that read: “This is a restaurant. Not a bar” or “This is a bar. Not a restaurant” The signs, which had to be at least 8.