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Some counties have the power to limit all sales of alcohol on Sunday; other states allow counties to determine only whether liquor stores can open. A few states close state liquor stores on Sundays...
Distilled spirits (liquor) are purchasable in either state-owned retail liquor stores, known as ABC stores, or privately owned retail liquor stores. Privately owned retail liquor stores tend to be open on Sundays, public (federal & state) holidays, and later hours than state-owned liquor stores.
Alcohol sales are prohibited on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Pennsylvania 's law states that hunting is prohibited on Sundays, except for foxes, crows, or coyotes and car dealerships are closed on Sunday.
Here is a breakdown of beer and liquor purchase times by state, showcasing the diversity of alcohol sales regulations on Sundays across the country. Liquor store operating hours can vary significantly depending on state and regional legislatures. Some cities completely close liquor stores on Sundays, while others operate with reduced hours.
Most blue laws have been repealed in the United States, although many states continue to ban selling cars and impose tighter restrictions on the sale of alcoholic drinks on Sundays. Arizona previously limited alcohol sales hours on Sundays (2 a.m. to 10 a.m.; the other six days of the week alcohol could be purchased starting at 6 a.m.).
According to the Distilled Spirits Council, 38 states and the District of Columbia allow some form of off-premise retail sales of spirits on Sundays. That number includes 16 states that have amended their alcohol policies to allow Sunday sales of spirits since 2002.
On Sundays, alcohol sales start at 10 a.m. and end at 11 p.m. at a convenience store or from 10 a.m. until 12 a.m. at a bar or restaurant.
Massachusetts is one state that has separate legal sale hours on Sundays. In Massachusetts, you can buy beer from liquor stores between 10 a.m. and 11 p.m. Bars and restaurants can sell alcohol between 10 a.m. and 12 a.m. On-premise retailers can extend their Sunday hours until 2 a.m. in some locations.
Restaurants in South Carolina have to get a special permit to sell alcohol on Sundays, and roughly half the counties in Alabama don't allow a single drop of alcohol to be sold on Sundays (via State Liquor Laws).
You can buy alcohol on Sunday's in Massachusetts. But it wasn't that long ago that you couldn't. The ban on Sunday alcohol sales was not lifted until 2004.