Are you thirsty?

Hellz yeah!

Yes, but it's highly restricted.

Nope.

I live in a dry county/state.

Who cares?  I can get weed on a Sunday.

[Bill Brasky]

Buying bottles from a bar is generally disallowed by LCB under the guidelines of being a licensed bar.

But if you know the bar owner, you can get away with anything.  It's up to him.   Bars normally don't inventory their bottles for the state, just for their own records, to see how they're doing with their liquor stock and profits. 

If you're cool with them, you can normally talk the bartender into selling you a "go-cup" filled with whatever liquor you want, priced by the shot.  The price of liquor in bars is generally double the shelf price, thats their profit.  So, in a place that sells the shots for $2 each, you could get a ten oz cup of whisky for $20.  Then you take it home, have a couple shots with beers and a friend. 

[pinkiemarie]

I really just want a damn glass of wine, but the state of Colorado doesn't think I'm mature enough to have any on a Sunday...I mean, unless I go to the bar to get it.

Can you buy whole bottles at the bar and bring them home?

In Colorado, no.  In Montana (which is where I used to live), yes.  Since the liquor stores in Montana are required to close by 9 (say what???), my friends and I always ended up at the bars to pick up a bottle or two around 1 in the morning

[Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith)]

I really just want a damn glass of wine, but the state of Colorado doesn't think I'm mature enough to have any on a Sunday...I mean, unless I go to the bar to get it.

Can you buy whole bottles at the bar and bring them home?

In Colorado, no.  In Montana (which is where I used to live), yes.  Since the liquor stores in Montana are required to close by 9 (say what???), my friends and I always ended up at the bars to pick up a bottle or two around 1 in the morning

Damn, here in San Diego County you can buy bottles at bars and restaurants, which are typically open until at least 2AM, where I'm located right now, grocery stores and quickie marts are required to stop selling alcohol at midnight, but liquor stores can sell until 2.

[mikehz]

At one time, in California, bars had to close at 2 AM, but there was no requirement as to when they could open. Places would chase patrons out at 2, then re-open at 2:01.

The state then required that they be open no longer than twelve hours. So, the bar owner would rent the place next door, and after twelve hours were up, open the doors to the neighboring establishment.

Finally, the state mandated that ALL bars close at 2 AM and open no earlier than...I forget the time, but I think it's 10 AM.

[Bill Brasky]

Bars close at 2 here, and I think they open at 7am.  Its not uncommon to see an occasional bar with pick-up trucks lined up outside at 7am, third-shifters.

There was a skanky strip joint that used to open at 7am long ago, a few miles from here.  That place was a fuckin shithole if you ever saw one.  Theres nothing more depressing than watching some junkie hag flopping around on the stage at 7am while guys drink beer and eat a plate of scrambled eggs.  Honest to god, they had a breakfast special that was called Leggs And Eggs.  When I was 18, I had my tires slashed outside that place, and was too fucked up to deal with the situation at 2am, so I slept in my car, and went inside about 8am to call for a ride.  I called my friend Scott, he says "What the fuck are you doing in a strip joint at 8am?"  I told him to shut up and bring a couple tires on rims with air in 'em, and a jack.  Drinking age was 21.  They didnt give a damn who they served.  Place was a roadhouse, Patrick Swayze wouldn't have made it two minutes in there.  Always drink bottles in those places, if you don't know why, don't even bother walking in the door. 

[bonerjoe]

At one time, in California, bars had to close at 2 AM, but there was no requirement as to when they could open. Places would chase patrons out at 2, then re-open at 2:01.

The state then required that they be open no longer than twelve hours. So, the bar owner would rent the place next door, and after twelve hours were up, open the doors to the neighboring establishment.

Finally, the state mandated that ALL bars close at 2 AM and open no earlier than...I forget the time, but I think it's 10 AM.

You know, for the children.