The so-called “Zion Curtains” are coming down in Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.

The long-standing tradition of preventing bartenders from directly passing booze to their customers is well … curtains … now that a new law has taken effect.

Barriers, often glass partitions, were a unique part of some restaurants in this state where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints _ which encourages abstaining from alcohol _ is based.

Some restaurateurs are thrilled about the change.

“Not having these barriers is going to save us a lot of time, especially with out-of-state visitors who constantly ask what it is and why it’s there, which then goes onto questions and comments about other state liquor laws,” Shawn Boyle, manager of the Salt Lake City restaurant Faustina, told the Tribune. “It turns into a long conversation about something we don’t have any control over _ plus, the thing is kind of an eyesore.”

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