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t1_izwc4zw wrote

I’m almost positive that the hours are set by law and they are something like 8 or 9am.

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OP t1_izwd45q wrote

I would love to know why there needs to be a law for this.

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t1_izwfrdb wrote

Morality based laws from a long time ago. Liquor stores weren’t allowed to be open on Sundays in MA 15 years ago.

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t1_izxt87p wrote

And that was a relatively easy thing to justify repealing since it was a holdover from virtually nothing being open on a Sunday.

Even though there's a valid reason to remove restrictions on liquor store hours, it is a bit of a tougher sell because of the presumption that it'd just be used by alcoholics or people who've been up partying all night. That and nobody really cares enough to want to change it.

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t1_izydlsd wrote

Keeping liquor stores closed a couple hours before the morning commute significantly lowers car crashes and fatalities.

Even places that have been allowing bars/clubs to be open all night often go back to closing them from around 5-8am to get less drunk drivers during peak driving hours.

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t1_izwv044 wrote

You can’t drink all day unless you start early.

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t1_izwn858 wrote

Getting an earlier start?

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OP t1_izws9uu wrote

Just got out of work, want a beer before bed.

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t1_izwzrcx wrote

As a person who used to work an overnight shift, I feel your pain. The world is not set up for people whose work day ends at 6am.

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t1_izwyuac wrote

If you're in Providence, Louis Family Restaurant on Brook St (over by Brown) does beer and wine. Pretty sure I've seen residents just off their shift at the hospital with an omelette and a beer in the mornings

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t1_izx71hl wrote

Yep it’s the blue laws, but right over the RI/Mass line there is a convenience store that sells beer. I think it’s called Flaming Mrkt in Attleboro.

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t1_izx5zud wrote

Back in 2017 when I lived in providence there was a liquor store that opened at 8 am on academy Ave. That’s the earliest I’ve ever seen a liquor store open in RI.

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t1_izzayu0 wrote

Rippeys in Charlestown RI opens quite early (7?) IIRC. Been a bit since I’ve gone so I’d check.

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t1_j006c5f wrote

When I lived in woonsocket a couple years back J&D Liquors would open at 7:30, and google says this is still the case

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t1_izznfaz wrote

fireball

its magic, for realzz

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t1_izwrpau wrote

You should probably start going to AA meetings

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OP t1_izws8n9 wrote

Too religious for me

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t1_izwtrz2 wrote

Drinking at 5 am...everything is fine

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t1_izx53wn wrote

You’ve obviously never worked 3rd shift, nothing wrong with a beer after work. Come on down off that high horse

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t1_izx5g2a wrote

It's actually a giraffe ya alcoholic

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