Statistics Canada says sales for food services and drinking places rose for the third month in a row in July, buoyed by the reopening of dining rooms and patios across the country.The agency says the subsector recorded sales of $4.6 billion in July, up 17.1 per cent compared to June.Sales at what it calls “drinking places” saw a whopping 40 per cent increase in July, Statistics Canada says, as bars, pubs and some nightclubs continued to reopen.That was followed closely by sales at full-service restaurants, which rose by more than a third compared with June.