On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:07:06 -0400, bolivar wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> sunday retail booze is pretty much unheard of in the md/dc/va area. i
>> think prince george's co. in maryland can sell 'til 4:00 a.m. on fri. and
>> sat., but that's as wild and wooly as it gets.
>>
>> where i live, in montgomery co., the county runs all the liquor stores
>> (dispensaries), which are pretty prim and proper. ('we do not sell
>> cigarettes, cold beer, or lottery tickets.') in va, the state runs them.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>>
>
> Might want to recheck the VA stores up there, blake. It's now legal for
> stores within the city of Richmond to sell on Sundays, and I understood that
> the cities in N. Va. already could, due to the competition from Md. stores.
> And I think the ones in the Tidewater area can also. All those summer beach
> tourists neeeeeed their booze, you know.
>
> Boli

the state stores sell on sunday? that is a new one on me. apparently so:

RICHMOND ¡X State-run liquor stores in five Virginia cities can begin
selling alcoholic beverages on Sunday next month.
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A law adopted this year by the General Assembly expanded Sunday sales of
alcoholic beverages to state-run stores in Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport
News, Richmond and Chesapeake.

The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control said Friday that 36
stores in those cities will begin Sunday sales from 1-6 p.m. on July 6.

Alcoholic Beverage Control stores in Norfolk, Virginia Beach and eight
northern Virginia localities have been authorized to open from 1-6 p.m. on
Sundays since 2004.

of late my excursions to va. are limited to a saloon (for live music) which
sells only beer and wine, oddly enough.

your pal,
blake