A co-owner of Mike's Grill and Bar on Tupelo's Cliff Gookin Blvd.
Shared her reaction to the governor's order.
Bars and restaurants in mississippi can't serve alcohol after eleven pm under governor tate reeves' executive order on the coronavirus.
This eleven p-m cutoff also includes new year's eve.
Wtva's bronson woodruff was in tupelo earlier today to find out how this will affect one local bar.
Reporter intro: "i'm outside mike's bar and grill on cliff gookin boulevard.
We got to talk with one of the owners about not being able to serve alcohol after eleven p-m on new year's eve."
Nat pop: balls on a pool table.
Cynthia white and her husband own mike's bar and grill, a small business in tupelo.
She said cutting off alcohol sales at eleven is not the norm.
"in new year's past you could actually sell up to until like, i guess one o-clock actually on new year's eve."
Because of coronavirus safety measures, bars and restaurants across the state are in the same situation.
No alcohol sales after eleven p-m.
As far as business at mike's: "it's not affecting it too bad at all."
The tupelo police department sent out a reminder on their facebook page on monday, reminding the public of the governor's executive order.
Normally, businesses could sell alcohol until much later.
"except for this pandemic, and now it's eleven, so.."
Looking ahead to new year's, white said mike's will keep doing its best.
"we'll just deal with it the best we can."
"we'll be here to ring in the new year."
In tupelo, bronson woodruff, wtva 9 news.
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Mississippi bars and restaurants are limited in selling alcohol to customers ringing in the new year.
