Liquor stores open on Christmas day

[jeff55432]

Last year, I didn't buy enough beer for the whole gang, and I had to make a 911 run out to Wisconsin. Are there any liquor stores in the metro that are open in case I run out and need to get more? Yes, my family are alcoholics :)

[Enso]

If you're that into drinking, why don't you just buy extra? It'll get used up eventually, eh?

[bkmnus]

State liquor off sale law says:

Subd. 4.Intoxicating liquor; off-sale.

No sale of intoxicating liquor may be made by an off-sale licensee:

(1) on Sundays;

(2) before 8:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday;

(3) on Thanksgiving Day;

(4) on Christmas Day, December 25; or

(5) after 8:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, December 24.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?...

So the answer is to stock up on Monday....

[jeff55432]

Ahhhh. Blue Laws.

Thanks for the info.

[bkmnus]

We can all hope that MN can one day move out of the stone age (in terms of liquor laws). It would be nice to be able to buy a bottle of wine in a grocery store on a Sunday - like you can in most other states.

[splatgirl]

+1. It's embarrassing. Utah is almost less weird. About alcohol sales, I mean.
Personally, I'm looking forward to the Walgreens bottle shops :)

[Brad Ballinger]

It was nice to pick up a six pack at a Chicago Walgreen's when I was there recently.

[Enso]

I've wondering why they call them "blue"--anyone know?

[gildeddawn]

In the 1700s, "blue" was a word that referred negatively to something based on strict morals or religious rules. Somehow just "blue laws" made it through the evolution of language on that one.

[jaycooke]

Since Minn Stat. § 340A.504 Subd. 4(4) requires them to be closed on Christmas day, it looks like you should stock up on Monday (before 8pm -- that's Subd. 4(5)) or be prepared to drive across the border again.