s/o: so what are your options for buying alcohol?

[AnnieW625]

The Costco post got me thinking about this.

I am in California so we can buy alcohol 24/7, 365 days a year as long as there is a store open.

We have been on vacation in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Massachussets and I believe that Nevada was the only other state that didn't have any alcohol rules (don't really recall MA as DD1 was 2/1/2 then and we were wiped out that we didn't drink on that trip). DH wants to move to Texas, but he still has an issue without being able to buy alcohol on Sundays ( buy it on Saturday!)

regular store also equals liquor store if that is an option in your state.

[fivi2]

Where I live in TX, I am reasonably sure I can buy after noon on Sundays. Cant buy past 2am any day (I think) . There are dry counties, though. In new.Orleans it was 24/7.

[sariana]

I'm in CA too, so I voted 365 24/7, but we no longer can use the self-check lanes. Last week I heard a Costco employee direct a customer to the regular line because a new law prohibits the sale of alcohol in the self-check lane. (Most Costcos don't have self-check lanes; I'm SOOO glad ours does.)

We don't buy alcohol. DH's company used to give us 12 bottles of wine a year. Then they changed to 2 bottles a year. Now it's none. But we still have several bottles from the earlier years. We gave away most of it.

[Mamabear4]

I voted that we can't buy alcohol on Sundays, but in addition to that we can only buy beer and wine at a normal store (grocery, drug store gas station, etc). Liquor has to be purchased at an ABC store. Neither can be bought on Sundays.

[fivi2]

Oh yeah, only beer and wine at grocery or gas station. Liquor at a package store only. Forgot that.

eta: according to wikipedia, I must have the term "package" store from my Georgia childhood. I guess it isn't used everywhere. I mean a liquor store, but ours I believe also sell beer. I am not familiar with the term abc store. But I only drink beer these days...

So, in reference to your Texas concern - it depends on where you are in Texas. In my county, I can buy beer and wine on Sunday after noon. I truly have no clue about liquor. Some counties are totally dry. But I think they may do that "private club" thing to get around it... Bars close at 2am and I know you can't buy alcohol after that, but I don't know for sure when stores stop selling.

[kellij]

I'm in OK. No alcohol on Sundays, and it closes at like 9 or 10 the other nights. Plus, it's not a state run store, but you have to go to a liquor store to buy anything stronger than 3 point beer. Also, there is some ridiculous law about not bringing refrigerated alcohol into the state, and certain beers are only transported that way, so they can't sell them here at all.

[Jo]

I'm in OK. No alcohol on Sundays, and it closes at like 9 or 10 the other nights. Plus, it's not a state run store, but you have to go to a liquor store to buy anything stronger than 3 point beer. Also, there is some ridiculous law about not bringing refrigerated alcohol into the state, and certain beers are only transported that way, so they can't sell them here at all.

Wine is only in liquor stores in OK. When I was in WV you could buy wine at the grocery store.

I remember when I first moved here and DS was 4 months old, I wanted a bottle of wine for dinner. I strapped DS into my Ergo carrier on my chest and went into the liquor store. THEY KICKED ME OUT. Said no one under 21, no exceptions.


DH had to buy the wine for years, because I could not. It pissed me off.

Groceries here sell beer (low proof) that you can get 24/7. Otherwise the liquor stores control the alcohol, and they are open 6 days per week from 10am-??? (6 or 8 pm, no idea).

[lhafer]

In most areas of Tx you can buy alcohol after noon on Sundays. Not 11:59am, but straight up 12:00pm. And then it's only beer or wine. Liquor stores are not open on Sundays.

[KLD313]

We can buy liquor at the liquor store Monday through Saturday until 8pm, maybe 9? We can only buy beer in the supermarket, not wine. We can't buy any alcohol on Sunday. If we want alcohol on Sunday we can go to the next state over.

I heard our governor is re- examining the blue laws so maybe this will change.

[Gena]

We're in Ohio. Liquor over 21%ABV has to bought at a state controlled store. Beer, wine, and spirits less than 21%ABV can be purchased at regular stores. We even have drive-thru convenience stores where you can buy beer and wine without getting out of your car.

There at restricted hours on Sunday, I think you have to wait until after noon.