Towns that sell beer and wine

[cjonesfan921]

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A county here in NJ has a different blue law, no selling of non-necessity items on Sunday. -_______-

Most stores in the county are closed, especially the GSP, which is a huge shopping plaza.

I used to work at Whole Foods and we had to close off a section in the 'whole body' area.

As far as liquor, Mon-Sat 'till 10PM and Sunday starting at noon. However, obviously, bars have their licenses 'till later. Also, some places in the urban cities will sell you anything at any time.

[bkrich83]

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In California anything you can buy in a liquor store, you can buy in a grocery store.

[cjonesfan921]

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In California anything you can buy in a liquor store, you can buy in a grocery store.

NJ has some weird laws for sure. No gas stations/7elevens can sell liquor at all. It's always a breath of fresh air when I am in the Carolinas and can pick up some beers at a 7/11.

[RockinDaMike]

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AZ you can go to any grocery store and get what you please until 2:30 am, and start again at 6 am except for Sundays, you have to wait till 10:00 am. Only time I have an issue is if I'm going to a Cardinals game and forgot to pick up beer before tailgating.

[bgeno]

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In the entire state of Pennsylvania, you can buy liquor and wine ONLY at the state-operated liquor stores. None in convenience stores, none in grocery stores. Few liquor stores are open at all on Sundays either.

As for beer in Pennsylvania: You have to get it as a six-pack/twelve-pack/40 in a bar or "six-pack shop" only. Even then, you can only buy 192 ounces at a time. If you want a case or a keg, you have to go to a beer distributor.

I never thought much of it after living in Pennsylvania for most of my life. It's just the way things are. When I was in college, we'd walk to the six-pack shop usually to get beer. I think you could get a sixer and a twelve-pack, but not two twelve-packs. If you wanted more, you could buy it, take it outside and set it on the street, then come in and get more, but they couldn't sell it all to you at one.


Now, in North Carolina, laws are MUCH more lenient. You can buy beer and liquor in grocery stores or convenience stores between 7 a.m. and 2 a.m. every day except Sunday. Sales on sunday do not begin until noon.

[Dirty Turtles]

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I like PA's laws, but if they were to allow convenience stores and supermarkets to sell alcohol for a cost, we could generate some more revenue for the state. I'm not really a drinker at all, but I don't find it inconvenient to go to a state store/distributor versus Wal-Mart or GIANT. Heck, both the distributor and state store are closer to my house than any grocery store.

[Cusefan]

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A wegmans just opened near my town and I tell you. its amazing to shop for all that food and all that alcohol.

Wegmans is the best Grocery store on the planet, anyone that thinks otherwise is ignorant.

Now NY is similar to PA in that Wine and liquor can only be sold in liquor stores. The reason is that it creates more jobs by having beer and wine separate. If you could buy wine or Vodka in a grocery store, you would never go to a liquor store.

[LionsFanNJ]

NJ has some weird laws for sure. No gas stations/7elevens can sell liquor at all. It's always a breath of fresh air when I am in the Carolinas and can pick up some beers at a 7/11.

Hoboken had the crazy drive in liquor garage, granted you can get sodas by the caseload too but roll in, get a keg put in the truck. ROLL OUT.

[cubsfan203]

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I'm not sure what the law is in Texas. Some bars I've gone to close at 12 and others are open till 2. I like the ones in my college town close at 12 just because bands usually start to play at around 10:15 and not 11 or 12.

I'm pretty sure the places that stay open until 2am in Texas have to pay extra for a license or something. The sports bar I work at is like that except on Sunday when we close at midnight, so that might be another restriction. I do know that you can buy alcohol before noon on Sundays as long as you order food with it.