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Q: How many counties in North Carolina are dry?
There are currently three dry counties: Clay, Graham, and Yancey.
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-Happy Hours related to alcohol are not allowed. Specials on alcohol have to last the full day.
-Beer cannot have a % alcohol above 15%
-bars cannnot serve after 2 am. I believe at 2:30 am they have to pickup any alcohol on the tables (that what they did to me in college).
In York and Lancaster Counties in SC, you cannot buy beer or wine in grocery stores on Sunday at all, but in York County, you can drink in the bars or at a restaraunt that serves alcohol. Those rules don't apply to the coast of SC though.
Sounds similar to other places I've lived... except for the "day before a holiday" bit. Good to know. So if I am expecting guests for Thanksgiving dinner, I should buy my alcoholic supplies a few days in advance
They sell it the day before a holiday. They may close early b/f some holidays. You can get it the day before a holiday but not ON the holiday. Maybe I misstated what I meant earlier - sorry.
Also - if you are having a party and need to buy several cases of liquor - there are limits on how much liquor (how many ounces) you can transport in your car at a time. I have posted this in the past b/f holidays so people would plan ahead.
Thanks for the links. Very useful info. A co-worker of hubby was explaining that Union Co is a dry county, because she lives in Waxhaw and doesn't have liquor sales there, I guess...? But the link explained it all... it's not really a "dry" county.
I grew up in Wisconsin (beer, beer, beer) and my first apartment was in an area that claimed to have the most bars per capita in the entire US. Something to be proud of, huh??? 10 pts to the person who can name that city...lol. So anyway, I wouldn't mind living in an area that doesn't have bars and drunks screaming through the area at 2:30am
As a side note, I just found out that Wisconsin changed their drinking laws to say that minors CAN drink alcohol in the supervision of their parents!!?? (WHAT!!!?????!!!!) Point being... NC will be a welcome change from that kind of thinking.
there is NO REASON at all that a minor should not be able to have a drink or so under PARENTAL supervision....Just more big government interference....If I am sitting at home, and want to share a beer with my, I don't know, let's say - 16 year old son, who's friggin business should it be? - I can teach him responsible, and probably make him less a binge drinker when he does reach the age of where he'll experiment with alcohol...
Thanks for the links. Very useful info. A co-worker of hubby was explaining that Union Co is a dry county, because she lives in Waxhaw and doesn't have liquor sales there, I guess...? But the link explained it all... it's not really a "dry" county.
I grew up in Wisconsin (beer, beer, beer) and my first apartment was in an area that claimed to have the most bars per capita in the entire US. Something to be proud of, huh??? 10 pts to the person who can name that city...lol. So anyway, I wouldn't mind living in an area that doesn't have bars and drunks screaming through the area at 2:30am
As a side note, I just found out that Wisconsin changed their drinking laws to say that minors CAN drink alcohol in the supervision of their parents!!?? (WHAT!!!?????!!!!) Point being... NC will be a welcome change from that kind of thinking.
I live in Weddington next to Waxhaw in Union County and we have beer and wine in the grocery stores and actually an ABC store in Waxhaw. Here's the address from the website.
Waxhaw
Hwy 16, Old Hickory Shp Ctr
Waxhaw, NC 28173
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