What is the Grove City Town Center Designated Outdoor Area (DORA) and how does it work?
Patrons age 21 and older may purchase and enjoy an alcoholic beverage from a liquor-permitted establishment; then sip, stroll, shop and explore within the DORA boundaries of Grove City’s historic Town Center.
Before a patron leaves the liquor-permitted establishment with alcohol, he/she must request a DORA-designated cup.
Only beverages in DORA cups are permitted and exempt from Grove City’s open-container laws. No cans or bottles are permitted within DORA.
What are the DORA hours?
The hours are 2 p.m. to midnight, daily, excluding the annual Boo Off Broadway (Beggar’s Night), Monday, Oct. 31, and the Christmas Celebration, Friday, Dec. 2.
What are the rules?
1. Purchase an alcoholic drink at a DORA-designated establishment and have the beverage poured into a specially marked cup.
2. Drink and stroll along the sidewalks and in shops within DORA boundaries.
3. Alcoholic beverages CANNOT be brought from one liquor-permitted bar/restaurant to another establishment that serves alcohol.
You Can:
• Purchase an alcoholic beverage at an authorized location and enjoy it while strolling within DORA boundaries. The drink must be in an official DORA cup.
• Sip and Shop! You are welcome to take a DORA drink into an establishment that does not have a liquor license. A business owner/operator who does not permit DORA drinks, will display such signage.
• Dispose of your DORA cup properly when you finish. Help keep Grove City beautiful!
• Have fun while respecting that not all individuals within the DORA boundaries are drinking.
• Maintain a family-friendly atmosphere at all times.
You Cannot:
• Bring your own alcoholic beverages into Town Center.
• Walk around with an alcoholic drink not in a designated DORA cup (no cans or glass permitted).
• Take a beverage purchased from one liquor-permitted DORA establishment, into another liquor-permitted establishment. You must dispose of your previously purchased DORA cup/beverage before entering another liquor-permitted establishment.
Where can DORA beverages be purchased?
Current DORA-authorized establishments include:
• Blu Willy’s
• Grandstand Pizza
• Grove City Brewing Co.
• Hop Yard 62
• Lilly’s
• Local Cantina
• Novacaine Lounge
• Plank’s on Broadway
• Plum Run Winery
• Town Center Pub
• Zassy’s Taproom
Boundaries
The map designates the boundaries of the DORA (perimeter signs in place) and the liquor-permitted DORA establishments.
Original source can be found here.
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