‘Every Night Is Friday Night’: Home Booze Sales Defy Reopening

Bars and restaurants are slowly reopening, but many Americans are content to keep drinking on the couch.

Sales of liquor for home consumption surged when bars and restaurants closed in March amid nationwide quarantine rules. A cold beer or a crisp chardonnay helped ease Americans’ mounting anxiety about the pandemic, not to mention the stress of juggling work and parenting duties from home all at once.