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Are liquor stores open on Thanksgiving?

By Chad Porto

LITTLETON, CO - DECEMBER 13: Tom Dodson, Safeway liquor department manager, organizes beer from local Colorado breweries on December 13, 2018 in Littleton, Colorado. Colorado is allowing grocery stores to sell full potency beer after the new year. Stores are phasing out much of their 3.2 beer stock to accommodate for full strength beer. This Safeway, located at 181 W. Mineral Ave, currently carries a full selection of full strength and craft beer showing what customers can expect next year. The store offers 24 linear feet of locally crafted Colorado beers. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
LITTLETON, CO - DECEMBER 13: Tom Dodson, Safeway liquor department manager, organizes beer from local Colorado breweries on December 13, 2018 in Littleton, Colorado. Colorado is allowing grocery stores to sell full potency beer after the new year. Stores are phasing out much of their 3.2 beer stock to accommodate for full strength beer. This Safeway, located at 181 W. Mineral Ave, currently carries a full selection of full strength and craft beer showing what customers can expect next year. The store offers 24 linear feet of locally crafted Colorado beers. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images) /
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Whether it’s a last-minute surge of guests for Thanksgiving or a lack of wine for cooking with, we have the answers to your Thanksgiving questions.

If you’re reading this, it might already be too late. For buying alcohol that is. Not every state is running the same in regards to their liquor laws, so it’s best to have planned ahead before the big turkey-day celebration. If you’re behind on drinks for the event, need something with a bit more flavor to cook with because your in-laws have never heard of basting, or might just be looking for somewhere – anywhere really, to buy incidentals like milk or coffee filters, liquor stores are a good place to handle this kind of thing last minute.

Assuming they’re legally allowed to be open. Not every state will have options, in Ohio while it’s not illegal to buy liquor on Thanksgiving, the stores that are legally able to sell it are closed. Thanks to the help of the internet though, and various websites, the following states are typically known to be a-ok with selling booze on the Thanksgiving.

  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana – Depending on the individual parish
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Michigan
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • Oregon – Depends
  • Pennsylvania – State-owned are closed
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Vermont
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

Not every state allows the sale of spirits on Thanksgiving. Here’s a list of states that close up the sale of liquor on Thanksgiving.

  • Alabama – Beer and wine only, no spirits.
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Idaho
  • Kansas
  • Massachusetts
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Montana
  • New Hampshire
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
  • Utah

Whatever your reason is for seeking out a liquor store on Thanksgiving may be, remember to drink responsibly and stay off the road if you’ve had one too many. For any further questions, call your local store for further questions; and if you got caught behind the eight-ball today, be sure to start planning now for Christmas.

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