Arbitrary State Liquor Laws! Outrage!

And Canadian wine stores that only sell Canadian wine?! CANADIAN WINE?

should the canadian wine stores sell bowling shoes aswell¿

No liquor in the grocery stores, and the only wine available there is Arkansas wine.

The tiny airplane bottles in South Carolina are the zaniest things I've ever heard of.

is that law saying "more than 7 unmarried women in a residence = brothel" still on the books in the CT?

As far as I know that brothel law is still on the books.

CT also does not have a helmet law for motorcycles, which I find a little odd.

Coincidentally, there was a lot of anti-Catholicism there. Whaddaya know....

Kansas used to have a law forbidding AIRPLANES from serving drinks while over Kansas airspace.

god, that's so dumb. one of those completely unenforceable laws that exist only to appease some extremist constituency

am, that wouldn't be Evan$ton, would it. I hate those people.

what "people"? the WCTU?

I don't think kids in Mexico are nearly as fascinated by booze though, as it lack the taboo of the States.

A friend of mine went to school at Ole Miss in Oxford, MS. He said that it was illegal to buy beer cold from a store, so they'd always go to the "brew-thru" since the beer would stay cold since the building was somewhat open to the elements.

I think they're opposed to bingo, too.

x-post, am - just -all- of those churchy types in Evan$ton who want to regulate and ban every little thing.

i don't think that's true any more.

i don't know many churchy types, but i really only lived here for 5 years before i was off to college so my knowledge of evan$ton is not exhaustive.

Except in heathenly Park City.

Finding drive-thru liquor stores (serving "go cups") in rural areas in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky is not uncommon.

Pleasant - I believe Evanston passed an ordinance prohibiting the 'bagging of food' to discourage fast food places from opening. So the fast food places got around that by bagging their own food.

When marijuana becomes legal, will there be provincial pot stores? Will they all have boring plain-font marquees in green lettering and white background that just said "WEED STORE"?

(our licensing laws are very civilised. Means you can get the last train home without forgetting the time while sitting catatonic in the pub)

AIRPORT LOUNGES  Can serve beer, wine and mixed drinks with or without food. There are only a very few of these. They are all located at the Salt Lake International Airport and are intended to give visitors a warm first impression.

BREW PUBS  Serves beer which was brewed on premises. There are some of these in the state.

RESTAURANTS  With the proper license, alcoholic beverages may be served with meals. Liquor bottles must be hidden from view. Servers are not allowed to solicit or suggest drinks. Patrons must request a wine list or drink menu. If a restaurant derives more than 30% of its profit from alcoholic beverage sales it can lose its license.

PRIVATE CLUBS  Beer, wine and mixed drinks may be consumed in non-exclusive private clubs between 10 AM and 1 AM. These clubs by law must be non-profit organizations, must charge a membership fee and are barred from advertising to boost membership..

3.2% beer can be purchased in grocery and convenience stores subject to local ordinances.

RESORTS & CONVENTION CENTERS   The regulations and laws in this area are confusing, complex and befuddling, sometimes requiring multiple licenses and permits.

Excerpt from the Ogden Standard Examiner - October 31, 1999
Proposed legislation creating a "Banquet" license designed to alleviate the Resort and Convention Center problem is now before the Utah State Legislature.
Cap Ferry, former State Senate President and author of the bill said he is still waiting for comments from the LDS Church.
"If they say 'No', it's dead." , Ferry said.
He added that he hopes LDS Church officials will give their position on the proposed license before the Legislature starts in January.   " We don't want to put in a lot of work only to have it killed an the last day."

UTAH STATE-OWNED LIQUOR STORES are the sole dispensers of carry-out liquor, wine and real beer. There are a number of these stores hidden throughout the state. They are closed on Sundays, holidays and other designated times.  Lack of competition keeps the selection severely limited. Prices for wine and liquor are fixed with a minimum of 61% mark-up over cost, plus high state taxes. For real beer, the mark-up is 75% plus taxes, making the retail cost of some six-packs well over $10. Because of all this, the small community of Evanston, Wyoming (located about 70 miles east of Salt Lake City just over the Utah border) enjoys a bustling economy based on a large number of retail liquor stores located along Interstate 80.

well, i personally partook of ones in Franklin and Hebron KY (god forbid you ever have to go to either).

Hahaha, Pleasant Plains describes the Rebel Barn in Oxford. I went there once, but their prices were a good big higher than other stores, and they're only useful during really cold months.

Mississippi is totally miserable re: beer and liquor laws. I miss California terribly a couple of times a week when I think about it. I go to West Memphis, Arkansas, every four to six weeks to stock up from Walgreen's decent (for the region) selection of beers. I could get my Sierra Nevada in Memphis, but I save a couple of bucks per six pack and can find some other goodies while I'm there. After discovering the beauty of Lagavulin last year in Boston and seeing what it cost by the bottle in Arkansas, I checked with a liquor store in Memphis and it's not even available for Tennessee liquor stores to order.

Andy, that would be a great guide. I'd buy multiple copies. (Extras would go to my state legislators with appropriate insults written on them.)

Booza-bego.com!

Imagine the good old days of the Clinton years when you didn't have to leave your house to get groceries, with such pioneers as pinkdot.com and kozmo.com! Their loss is our gain. The demand for booze continues to rise every year according to constant surveys across the nation. And having internet-driven alcohol sales is exactly what will satisfy all these frustrations!

Booza-bego.com! Don't forget it!

(Alternate mirror sites: boozewagon.com , alcohaul.com, clickerforliquor.com)

on licenses (ie what normal people call pubs or bars) can serve any the heck alcohol they want from 11am to 11pm, 12 til 10.30 on a sunday, although some have special licenses to stay open until 2 or 3 at the latest, although these are usually nightclubs.

off licenses (just booze shops and also grocers and supermarkets) can also sell what they want. i'm not sure if there is a time after which they're not allowed to sell bouze...

the reason the norm is to close at 11 is due to munition workers during the first world war staying out all night getting pissed and then blowing themselves up the next day.

there has been constant talk of 24 hour opening (or, at least opening when you want) for donkey's years, but, much like the ban on hunting, i don't hold out much hope of it happening any time soon...

we do have to make munitions in the morning you know :)

This is tru, but its still dependent on the city to extend the hours for bars. So where I live the bars shut down at 1 (actually its usually more like 1:45).

We also have a municipal liquor store and everything costs about 2 dollars more than anywhere else. Plus the beer selection sucks and the fridges run really warm. bitch bitch bitch.

Its grate!

I live less than a mile from a duty-free store in Quebec. I'm on the US side of the border. Smokes and booze are all (read my lips)100% tax free. There is a drawback, at least with cigarettes: Camels (there) do not taste like Camels (here).

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Least favourite time to be on public transport: 11.45.

Silly behavior caused by silly laws caused by silly behavior. Whaddya gonna do?

Dude, just like in that "Sussudio" video right?

This is why my high-school was a closed campus, i.e. we couldn't leave for lunch or anything else without a pass. The seniors back in the day would apparently go to bars during lunch and come back trashed, and school policy was never changed after the drinking age was moved up (although I'm pretty sure we had at least one 21 yr old senior).

Louisiana does indeed have open-container laws. The drive-through daiquiri places observe them by asking which drink is for the driver, then loosely placing a square of scotch tape over the end of the straw. Civilization.

BTW, the "daiquiris" don't bear much resemblance to the real thing--they're great sloshing styrofoam buckets of everclear and corn syrup, with a dash of what smells like Hawaiian Tropic added for that island flavor. Expertly concocted to appeal to the teenage palate, but a little rough on the way back up.

Going to a bar and finding to-go cups. That's nice, too.

Shame that the whole town smells like pee.