Open Bar Dos and Don'ts: Bar Boundaries

‘Open bar’ is one of the greatest phrases in the English language. It’s true. But while you’re enjoying one this season at your wedding receptions, your muni course banquets, cotillions, or what have yous, make sure you don’t lose sight of a couple of things: Open bars not only require the core etiquette that applies to most social occasions, but they also have at least one hard-and-fast rule—a law, in fact—that you might not know about.