Comments on: upcoming vote for Sunday beer sales in Columbia

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:52:34 +0000

I saw that the vote passed. Time to celebrate!

I’m not exactly sure why liquor has always been a separate issue in South Carolina. I know that in some other states I’ve visited, like Arizona and I believe Colorado (?) liquor can be sold in grocery stores. I don’t know all the history in South Carolina, but beer and wine are considered evil, but liquor is the GREAT evil. It may be a long time still before liquor is treated in the same way as other beverages in this state, if ever.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:22:50 +0000

So thank goodness the vote passed and it sounds like the grocery stores had a successful weekend of beer and wine sales. My only question is, why did we just vote on beer and wine? Why not liquor too?

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:07:46 +0000

I’ve heard that argument about some stores not wanting to open on Sundays, so they don’t support repealing the law. Well, the law doesn’t require that they open on Sundays, so if they’ll lose money by doing so, then don’t open on Sundays! It all seems silly to me. I moved to Charleston last year, and here they do allow beer and wine sales on Sundays (no liquor, though). I don’t hear too many people complaining about it here…

By: Eric Vernon

Eric Vernon — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:46:06 +0000

In Minnesota, we have “blue laws” which are archaic laws that restrict some beer sales. Same as SC it sounds, no beer or liquor sales on Sunday. Its a real pain in the ass. I recently read that liquor store owners are actually not that keen on the idea of repealing them because the amount of sales they would generate on a Sunday wouldn’t match the cost of staying open on Sundays. It’d be nice to be able to buy a six pack to watch a football game, but it doesn’t sound like the laws are going to change anytime soon. More reason to homebrew I guess!