In Virginia, you can’t drink publicly without a permit. Organized festivals have roped-off areas where their permit allows drinkers to drink. But as a private citizen having a picnic in the park, you can’t pull out a brewsky and drink it.
Restaurants that serve alcohol and have outdoor seating must have that area marked off with a rope/chain/half-height wall. Once, I was once drinking a beer on a patio area. I wanted to talk to a friend on the other side of it, and the easiest way over there was to walk on the public sidewalk and go around the chained area. As I was talking to her, the waitress came out and told me I had to be within the chained area to drink. I stepped over the chain, but put my feet exactly back where they were, so the chain was against the back of my calves. “That’s better,” she said after I’d moved.
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