oh hell, someone answer this for me

[jmtorres]

It is too late and I am too tired to research liquor laws with a view to how they impact daily life--will someone who has lived in Illinois tell me what Illinois's restrictions on the sale and purchase of alcohol are? I have lived in states where you can buy it at the grocery store and states where grocery stores are not permitted to sell liquor and you have to go to an actual liquor store, where liquore sales must cease after a certain hour of the evening regardless of the store's hours, where it is illegal to sell liquor on Sunday, which means after two AM on Saturday night (the closing time of bars, which also varies state to state), and so forth. Damn it, I've bought liquor at vividcon, I feel I should have a better memory for Illinois's restrictions, but my brain is falling out, so will someone please tell me what applies.

Thank you.

ETA: Apparently IL's county by county! I am looking for info on Livingston County (it is where Pontiac is, hi, supernatural fic ahoy.)

Comments

[verstehen]

30 year Illinois resident! You'll have to be more specific than 'Illinois,' I'm afraid. There isn't any statewide laws (other than the 21 thing). Everything else is county or city ordinances. For example, where I live now has a city ordinance that you can only buy alcohol in liquor stores, no where else. A town about twenty minutes south, in contrast, is a dry town.

[jmtorres]

Oh, hell, one of those. *G*

Because this is spn fic, that would be Pontiac, IL I'm interested in. Which is apparently Liviingston County? Any knowledge there?

[verstehen]

I haven't been to Pontiac for years, so I'm relying on my rusty memory. I think there's no weird city ordinances and I know Livingston county doesn't have any, so you're probably safe regardless.

[white_aster]

Wiki sez no state-run stores, alcohol in supermarkets, and hours of sale are up to local govts. Interesting chart...there are fewer alcohol control states than I thought there were! :P