Good question, I was there for a job interview some years ago and could not find a "bar" in my hotel. It turns out that locals can buy hard liquor, beer or wine at state controlled stores. There are "drinking" clubs which you can join which look just like bars except they are BYOB. The "club" also provided members with individual storage lockers to keep their booze, their contribution to the party being glasses, ice, and mixers. Utah has (had?) very restrictive drunk driving regulations which called for a six month suspension if caught driving drunk which was raised to a full year if you had an open container (seal broken) in the car (even in the trunk!). The result being that people who brought a bottle of wine to a friends house for a party tended to drink the whole bottle rather then risk driving with an "open" bottle, this was also the reason for lockers at the private clubs.
I believe Oklahoma had a similar accommodation although it did extend to actual bars in hotels. I have hazy memories of "The Impact Zone" in a Fort Sill hotel...
Regards,
GtG
I recall reading that over half the geographic area of the US had some form of restrictive law controlling alcohol from outright ban to state stores with 9 to 5 hours, five days a week. I think the map posted above is a bit optimistic.
G
Pensacola Fla was an odd place when I lived there.
There were open beer and wine bars
and I recall beer barn drive throughs where they would sell a cup of ice they called a “set up” that you could use for your hard booze, while on the road.
Liquor was controlled by state run stores and there were state licensed bars like ABC liquor lounge that served mixed drinks.
And unlicensed bottle clubs were ubiquitous.
In PA, you must buy beer from a licensed distributor, and you cant buy a 6 pack YOU MUST BUY A CASE BY LAW!!
I think you can buy a 6 pack from a bar.
Ohio has State liquor stores and sells 3.2 beer on Sunday.
In Pa you can get 7.0
Its crazy
The weirdest blue law I ever ran across was in some town in west Texas 20 some years ago that would not sell me BREAD on Sunday because it was against the law LOL
WTF??