{"id":5209,"date":"2019-02-27T11:04:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/?p=5209"},"modified":"2023-02-09T19:05:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T19:05:57","slug":"can-you-buy-alcohol-on-sunday-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/can-you-buy-alcohol-on-sunday-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you buy alcohol on Sunday in Texas?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5209\" class=\"elementor elementor-5209\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c3266a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c3266a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52794c00\" data-id=\"52794c00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc065ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2dc065ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2>Quick summary<\/h2><p>Can you buy alcohol on Sunday in Texas? It seems a little ridiculous to ask, but at one point, you couldn&#8217;t. Today the answer is:\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><em>yes and no<\/em><\/strong>. It depends on what you want. You can buy alcohol on Sunday in Texas, but only if it&#8217;s wine or beer and you&#8217;ll have to wait until after noon to buy it.<\/p><p><em style=\"text-align: center; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><em style=\"text-align: center; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\"><b>If it&#8217;s liquor, forget about it.<\/b><\/em><\/p><p>Many states have adopted these laws called &#8220;blue laws&#8221; that prevent you from buying alcohol on a Sunday until a certain time or at all. In other words, there are certain restrictions on the types of alcohol available to you at certain times on a Sunday in Texas. In this blog, we&#8217;ll discuss blue laws, alcohol time restrictions and newly proposed laws that could change Sunday alcohol sales in the Lone Star State.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h2>Need Some Extra Income? Get TABC Certified and get a server gig.<\/h2><p>Many of us are struggling to get ahead. One industry that is always hiring is the food service industry. Getting your TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission) certification can make getting hired a breeze. The US Department of Labor estimates a 6% growth in the industry so there is room for new people all the time.<\/p><p><strong>What is the TABC?<\/strong>\u00a0 It is the certification for sellers and servers of alcoholic beverages.<\/p><p><strong>What are the benefits of being TABC Certified?<\/strong> Many employers in Texas require that their employees are certified. If you apply for a job and already have your certification you are demonstrating to a potential employer you&#8217;ve got it together and are ready to work.<\/p><p><strong>How do I get TABC Certified?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/school.2coolservertraining.com\/addcheckout\/1\">Click this link<\/a> or click the button below and take our course right here right now.<\/p><p><strong>How much can I make?<\/strong> That of course depends on where you work. There are some restaurants in the large cities where people make a couple hundred bucks a shift. That can really pay some bills! In smaller more rural areas certainly you&#8217;re not going to make as much. But like anything, you get out of it what you put into it. Good seller servers make between $15 &#8211; $20 an hour on average, some make well over that.<\/p><h2>What are blue laws?<\/h2><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5222 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/abstract-2726482_640-300x292.png\" alt=\"texas state and flag\" width=\"243\" height=\"237\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They&#8217;re ridiculous laws now, but back then&#8211;and I&#8217;m talking around the 1800&#8217;s&#8211;blue laws were placed so that people would save Sundays for religious values. For example, people wanted you to spend your time at church instead of going out to buy alcohol. But blue laws didn&#8217;t prohibit the sales of alcohol only, they prohibited the sales of other specific things like cars, knives, pots and pans, etc. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue laws in Texas were enacted in 1961 and repealed in 1985. When more and more department stores were being built, these laws became a platform for rebellion. Stores were purposefully selling prohibited items on Sunday to show their displeasures. After all, sales would suffer if people couldn&#8217;t buy things on Sundays, which is one of the two days people are typically off from work.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some blue laws remain. Car shops are closed on either Saturday or Sunday, and 2,460 of the liquor stores in Texas are closed on Sunday. Liquor laws from 1891 remained unchanged and seem to have the &#8220;harshest&#8221; restrictions. What do I mean by that? They&#8217;re the oldest blue laws out of any blue laws. Wine and beer don&#8217;t have the same Sunday restrictions as liquor even though all of them contain alcohol. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wine and beer can be bought at stores and any alcohol can be served at restaurants after noon on Sunday. Texas might be the Lone Star State, but they&#8217;re not alone in these types of blue laws. Other states like Georgia and Oklahoma remain unchanged.<\/span><\/p><h2>What time can you buy alcohol on Sunday in Texas at retail stores?<\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Liquor<\/h3><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can&#8217;t buy liquor on Sundays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year&#8217;s Day in Texas.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On any other day, you can buy liquor in Texas from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If any of the above holidays falls on a Sunday, then the blue law restrictions apply on the following Monday. (crazy, right?)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5217 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/When-you-can-buy-liquor-in-Texas640.png\" alt=\"What time can you buy liquor in Texas Infographic\" width=\"640\" height=\"244\" \/><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Beer and Wine<\/h3><ul><li>You can buy beer and wine in Texas between 7 a.m. and midnight, except on Sundays.<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Sundays, you can buy beer and wine between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and between noon and midnight in Texas.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5220 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/When-you-can-buy-beer-and-wine-in-Texas640-1.png\" alt=\"When can you buy beer and wine in Texas Infographic\" width=\"640\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p><h2>What time do they stop selling alcohol in Texas?<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They stop selling beer and wine at midnight, but stop at 1 a.m. on Sundays. They stop selling liquor at 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday in Texas.<\/span><\/p><h2>What could change?<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/capitol.texas.gov\/tlodocs\/86R\/billtext\/pdf\/HB01100I.pdf#navpanes=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">House Bill 1100<\/a> filed by state Rep. Richard Pena Raymond (D) on January 25, 2019, would allow liquor stores to sell and open on Sundays from noon to 10 p.m. It would also allow regular weekday hours to expand to 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Saturday.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many businesses, including small business owners, will benefit if this outdated law is repealed. Likewise, consumers will benefit because they can buy alcohol on Sunday in Texas, where football season is huge. It&#8217;ll be a lot more convenient as the season is in session.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Opposers of the bill (liquor store lobbyists) say that the sales they make on Sunday will not be enough money to cover the overhead costs of operating a liquor store.<\/span><\/p><h3>You might also like&#8230;<\/h3><ul><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/8-ways-to-spot-a-fake-id\/\">8 ways to spot a fake ID<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/how-to-get-your-tabc-certification\/\">How to get your TABC certification<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/why-get-tabc-certified\/\">Why get TABC certified?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><br \/>2Cool Server Training is an official and approved provider of TABC certification online licensed by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-095946c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"095946c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0abc53\" data-id=\"a0abc53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fec364 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fec364\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1100951\" data-id=\"1100951\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6985ccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6985ccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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It seems a little ridiculous to ask, but at one point, you couldn&#8217;t. Today the answer is:\u00a0 \u00a0yes and no. It depends on what you want. You can buy alcohol on Sunday in Texas, but only if it&#8217;s wine or beer and you&#8217;ll have to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/can-you-buy-alcohol-on-sunday-in-texas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can you buy alcohol on Sunday in Texas?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[18,19,20,21,22,24,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5209"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5850,"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209\/revisions\/5850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2coolservertraining.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}