Purchasing Alcohol Before Noon on Sundays (buying, legal, shop)

[RayStokes]

The laws are silly and unnecessary, but if you've lived in Texas for longer than a day, you should be accustomed to them and able to plan ahead accordingly.

[Cheesesteak Cravings]

Originally Posted by RayStokes

The laws are silly and unnecessary, but if you've lived in Texas for longer than a day, you should be accustomed to them and able to plan ahead accordingly.

Here's an interesting article about trying to abolish these "blue laws".

Abolishing Texas 'blue laws?' Some liquor stores not happy

Some business owners think they would be "forced" by the competition to open on Sundays. But what liquor store is really trying to compete with Whole Foods or other supermarket/convenience stores?

I respect anyone's decision to stay closed on certain days or hours, but I think they should leave that up to the business owners than mandate it by law.

[SVTRay]

Originally Posted by Cheesesteak Cravings

Grocery shopping (or any kind of shopping) on Sunday mornings is great because people are at church or sleeping in so the stores are not crowded and the lines are not long until noon.

Not as bad as PA where you could not purchase alcohol anywhere but at a "state store". And you could only purchase by the case, so 24 packs unless you went to a bar and purchased no more than 2 six packs.

These laws don't serve any purpose besides being an inconvenience.

This is the problem with transplants, they move in and start trying to change the place in accordance to what they left. If it's all that great back home, by all means, feel free to return. I'm not a fan of blue laws either, this is just an example of why you seen a disagreance with folks from California and other states.

Welcome to Texas

[Cheesesteak Cravings]

Originally Posted by SVTRay

This is the problem with transplants, they move in and start trying to change the place in accordance to what they left. If it's all that great back home, by all means, feel free to return. I'm not a fan of blue laws either, this is just an example of why you seen a disagreance with folks from California and other states.

Welcome to Texas

I'm a Texas resident so I get to vote on state policy.

[MurphyPl1]

Originally Posted by loves2read

Buy liquor anytime you want but if you drive drunk you go to JAIL--no second chances--no probation, no lenient judge, no bleeding heart jury---
just drive under the influence and go to jail---

and anyone who served you that alcohol goes to jail too...

What on earth does that have to do with the ability to buy alcohol before noon on Sunday?

[Mr.Bungle]

I made this same mistake within a few months of moving to TX. It is quite silly. It's ok to get hammered at Sunday brunch before noon, though.

[TXNGL]

Lot's of people always looking to make Texas look backa$$wards. Lived in Massachusetts, hardly a conservative state, for 8 years and couldn't buy any alcoholic beverages, not even wine and beer, on Sunday at all. Period. We bought what we needed for parties, dinners, whatever on Saturday. No big deal.

[TXNGL]

Originally Posted by Cheesesteak Cravings

Here's an interesting article about trying to abolish these "blue laws".

Abolishing Texas 'blue laws?' Some liquor stores not happy

Some business owners think they would be "forced" by the competition to open on Sundays. But what liquor store is really trying to compete with Whole Foods or other supermarket/convenience stores?

I respect anyone's decision to stay closed on certain days or hours, but I think they should leave that up to the business owners than mandate it by law.

Oh the liquor stores have a big lobby. They fought tooth and nail against groceries in certain areas of Dallas (where it was restricted) to be able to sell beer and wine at all.

[seat21d]

Originally Posted by Cheesesteak Cravings

Here's an interesting article about trying to abolish these "blue laws".

Abolishing Texas 'blue laws?' Some liquor stores not happy

Some business owners think they would be "forced" by the competition to open on Sundays. But what liquor store is really trying to compete with Whole Foods or other supermarket/convenience stores?

I respect anyone's decision to stay closed on certain days or hours, but I think they should leave that up to the business owners than mandate it by law.

Similar reason why car dealers are still only open on one day each weekend (either Saturday or Sunday - their choice) - the car dealers don't want to incur the overhead to stay open the extra day.

[4Movingeast]

Yeah, the only time it is ever an issue for me is if I go to the store right after 9AM Mass on Sun and pass by the wine and start to grab a bottle and remember- oops! Otherwise- sounds like some other states are way stricter.