this sign is so american! must look nice when its dark...
even after more than 2.5 years, i still cannot get used to having to buy alcohol in a separate store. in the netherlands you can buy your wine and beer in the supermarket, only for hard liquor you will have to go to a liquor store. and ofcourse, having to prove that you are over 21 while 30 is very weird too. or that it can only be a passport, or an ID from the state you are in... leading to sometimes complicated situations or not being able to buy any alcohol at all...
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Rules are changing here too. Young people have to identify and have to be 18 I think to buy alcohol now and maybe 21 in the future. There are problems with "comazuipen" which is a new problem with young people. But you can see when somebody is 30 I think, or you must be stupid.
our liquor stores (in Ontario) are also government run. But we don't have great signage like this!
Great !
Best regards from Paris,
Pierre
Try to buy alcohol in Sweden!
Yes, very american :-)
For some reason I always have to show my ID when buying wine at the supermarket. But when I go to the liquor store, nobody asks anything.... I don't get it.
also, if one in your party has no idea (even if he looks like an old fart, like me), no liquor for anyone! :)
I think the laws vary from state to state. Ours just changed in Washington because of a voter initiative that passed. Now retail outlets over a certain size (e.g., large) can sell hard liquor and there's a taxing system so a percentage goes back to the state. Liquor is sold in a lot of places in California but outlets have to have a liquor license, which is expensive.
The individual states pass the laws in the US so the rules will change depending upon which state you're in. Here in Texas some counties are "wet," others are "dry," others are a combination. In the "wet areas," you can buy beer and wine in the groceries. In Arizona the larger supermarkets sell all sorts of alcohol. There are of course still stores which specialize only in liquor and the variety there is usually more varied and frequently of a higher quality than what you find in the groceries.
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