It Raines and pours: Buying a sandwich to have a beer isn't a new phenomenon

To get a pint under Covid-19 restrictions, we have to buy a ‘substantial meal’, but drinkers in 1900s New York contended with all kinds of regulations and loopholes, writes Donal O’Keeffe

In 1896 the Raines Law, authored by John Raines, was passed by the New York state legislature. We're using something similar now for post lockdown meet ups in bars.