as long as we're offering up asinine liquor laws.... here in bassackwards idaho, all liquor stores are state owned. their hours of operation are from about 10 AM until 7 PM, closed on sundays, and closing early on saturdays (about 5 or 6 PM, depending on what county you're in). please, take a moment to visualize a world where the liquor store closes at 7 PM on friday night. i'll wait for the screaming horror to subside.
okay. in addition, stores such as The Big Smoke and Tobacco Connection are also forced to close on sundays, apparently because tobacco and beer (beer and wine are the only 2 alcoholic beverages one can buy outside of a state-owned store) are also affronts to god. there is a restaurant/brewery here called Bardenay. immensely popular with the locals, most of the liquour stores carry the Bardenay brand. however--for Bardenay to legally serve the liquor that they brew on site, they must first sell it to the state, THEN purchase it back from the state, paying all accompanying taxes.
i learned all of this one sad, sad night, about a month after moving here from New Orleans (imagine the culture shock if you dare). i'd gotten off of work at roughly midnight and wanted nothing more in the world than a gin and tonic. after driving aimlessly around boise for what felt like hours, i found a liquor store (they're well hidden), only to discover that it had closed 5 hours early. screaming fits ensued. now i stock up in advance.
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here in bassackwards idaho, all liquor stores are state owned. their hours of operation are from about 10 AM until 7 PM, closed on sundays, and closing early on saturdays (about 5 or 6 PM, depending on what county you're in).
please, take a moment to visualize a world where the liquor store closes at 7 PM on friday night. i'll wait for the screaming horror to subside.
okay. in addition, stores such as The Big Smoke and Tobacco Connection are also forced to close on sundays, apparently because tobacco and beer (beer and wine are the only 2 alcoholic beverages one can buy outside of a state-owned store) are also affronts to god.
there is a restaurant/brewery here called Bardenay. immensely popular with the locals, most of the liquour stores carry the Bardenay brand. however--for Bardenay to legally serve the liquor that they brew on site, they must first sell it to the state, THEN purchase it back from the state, paying all accompanying taxes.
i learned all of this one sad, sad night, about a month after moving here from New Orleans (imagine the culture shock if you dare). i'd gotten off of work at roughly midnight and wanted nothing more in the world than a gin and tonic. after driving aimlessly around boise for what felt like hours, i found a liquor store (they're well hidden), only to discover that it had closed 5 hours early. screaming fits ensued. now i stock up in advance.