is there a legal way to consume alcohol bought at a store, outside of a home, hotel room, etc.?
is there a legal way to consume alcohol bought at a store, outside of a home, hotel room, etc.?
I'm thinking in the U.S. and Canada. For example, if you're on vacation, you've checked out of your hotel room and have several hours until your flight, and you have some cans of beer left over. I know you could sneakily drink them in a park or something, but I'm just curious if there's any way to do it that's legal.
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In the US, off the top of my head:
- Pedestrians in Paradise, Nevada (the Vegas Strip) are allowed open containers in plastic or aluminum containers.
- The French Quarter in New Orleans has similar open container laws.
A lot of Austin, Texas too.
when i lived down in texas (and a couple other places), the stores had can-sized paper bags for the big cans and for regular 12oz ones. and i'd see guys having clerks at the store 'bag' their beer (even each can of an intact six-pack)....
then see them a few lights down the road chugging one at a red.
When I worked in a grocery store years ago there was a "no naked alcohol rule." In retrospect I don't know if it was a thing the store did or if was a Liquor Control Commission reg. But it meant that part of training new clerks was explaining: these bags will hold 12 or 20oz cans, these hold a single 40oz, these will hold a full 6 pack, these are best for MD20/20 and Thunderbird...
As of 2920, Chicago before 9pm.
I thought it was pretty crazy the way I found this out. I was in the French Quarter doing the usual tourist stuff and went up to a bar open to the street. They asked “for here or to go?”, then gave me a paper cup to go and the glass one packaged as a souvenir.
In Baltimore, MD you can drink in Hamsterdam
Kansas City iirc
There are a number of cities that have designated areas where it's OK to drink within a few blocks downtown or something where there are a bunch of bars.