# Are Drive-Thru Liqoure Stores Legal in Illinois? How About Liqour Delivery? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 3, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974 "2004-12-03T22:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/1 "2004-12-03T22:22:08Z")
If you want to make a million dollars, open up a package liquor store on the northwest side of Springfield, Illinois (fellow Springfield residents: yes, I know about the one at 1831 W Jefferson). If you want to get even more convenient, make it a drive-thru like the one I used to patronize back when I lived in Missouri… Anyway, I’ve never seen a drive-thru liqour store in Illinois. For that matter, I’ve never heard of a liquor store that delivers, anywhere. So, are these legal in Illinois? City of Springfield, Sangamon County, if you wanna get all _technical_ and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/2 "2004-12-03T22:27:59Z")
I don’t know about the legality of drive-thrus state wide. If there are any laws, it’s probably a city or county thing. But otherwise, I know of one in Waukegan. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/3 "2004-12-03T22:28:04Z")
There are drive-through liquor stores in my town (Danville), so they’re evidently legal. Never head of liquor delivery though. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/4 "2004-12-03T22:57:35Z")
I demand my drank be free if not delivered in 30 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/5 "2004-12-03T23:27:11Z")
My GF who lives in Springfield and recently graduated as a criminal justice student says: yes, and not sure (about liquor delivery). She also says there’s a drive-thru liquor store right there in Spffld on East Grand Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/6 "2004-12-04T05:30:58Z")
We’ve got plenty of drive-through liquor stores here in Decatur, although I have never seen a liquor delivery service here. My guess would be that it’s an economic decision–their customers come to them, so they don’t have to deliver, so they don’t. The same way McDonalds doesn’t deliver. They don’t have to, so they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Sandlegs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@Sandlegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandlegs)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/7 "2004-12-04T06:42:07Z")
yeah, i live about an hour north of springfield and there is a drive-thru liquor store. i would say it is legal. ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/8 "2004-12-04T14:00:06Z")
Looks like delivery’s okay in Illinois, but the delivery person has to get the signature of someone over 21 at the delivery address: 235 ILCS 5/6‑16 . I don’t know any place in Spiffeld that delivers – the penalties are pretty high if they get caught delivering to someone under 21, so it may be a risk thing. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/9 "2004-12-04T14:10:43Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > She also says there’s a drive-thru liquor store right there in Spffld on East Grand Avenue. Can you get her to clarify that location? There’s no East Grand Avenue in Springfield. There’s North Grand Avenue East (and West), and South Grand Avenue East (and West). It’s confusing for non-locals. ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/10 "2004-12-04T14:17:16Z")
It’s South Grand Avenue East, sorry. G&M Package Liquors, 2200 South Grand Ave. East. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/11 "2004-12-04T14:33:49Z")
I recall a delivery liquor store in Iowa City. I believe it was called Ajax Liquors (if anyone else remembers). It was a couple of doors down from the library… ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/12 "2004-12-04T18:39:38Z")
[Sam’s Wine and Spirits](http://www.samswine.com/) in Chicago will deliver. I’m in charge of a weekly beer-and-pizza get-together for the graduate students in my division, and about once a month we buy ~15 cases of beer & ~20 cases of soda from them. They charge an extra $20 or so for the delivery, though, so it’s really only economical when you’re ordering stuff in quantity like we do. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-drive-thru-liqoure-stores-legal-in-illinois-how-about-liqour-delivery/277974/13 "2004-12-05T05:13:02Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Can you get her to clarify that location? There’s no East Grand Avenue in Springfield. OK, she did, right below your post there 😃