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Blue laws are what they used to be called down here in the South. Not sure why alcohol was associated with the color blue.
Around here, liquor has to be sold in a liquor store. No food allowed. Closes at 7pm, sharp, and they wont make an exception unless they know you and you have cash. At one time they couldnt even sell beer and wine. So some would actually have 2 stores side by side which were technically separate business entities. Now they are allowed to sell wine out of liquor stores but not beer.
No alcohol sales on Sunday.
That didnt change until about 18 or so years ago if I remember right. Then (now) it was only allowed in the city limits and not past 11pm. Its still banned in the county for sales on Sunday.... but they have annexed a ridiculous amount of area into the city for the sole purpose of selling alcohol on Sunday, LOL. And now it gets cut off at 12pm not 11. But if you are a "private club" then you could serve it 24/7, so lots of dive bars became private clubs that charged a $1 membership fee. Usually you could just tell them your a member and they wouldnt even check as long as you acted like you knew the place... Id just say hey to the oldest guy at the bar like I knew him and that usually worked.... that also worked well to avoid being carded before I was 21... LOL.
Then there was the "mini-bottle" law. Bars couldnt free pour, they had to use mini-bottles. Stupid since a mini-bottle is more liquor than a standard jig pour. And it made certain mixed drinks like a LIIT or top shelf margarita very expensive. They changed that law about 16 or 17 years ago.
Then there were the dry counties and cities. Still around actually in some of the small town backwoods sticks parts of the state.
Go to Louisiana and they have drive through daiquiri stands that sell "to go" liquor drinks. THAT was crazy to me. Of course the dui rate down there is pretty high compared to other states.
Wow! I can go to the corner zip and Rip gas station, Grab an 18 pack, papers and a Swisher, chips, dip, and a diarrhea microwave burrito, While I am at it some cheerios, milk, and coffee for the AM. Oh, and a teeth brush for gap-tooth Sally in case I get drunk and lucky. On Sunday morning.