# Would this be legal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 8, 2000, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-legal/10008 "2000-04-08T11:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-legal/10008/1 "2000-04-08T11:08:00Z")
Suppose I thought that the laws prohibiting liquor sales after 2 AM was silly. Now suppose I owned a bar and wanted to try to get around these laws and make a buck in the process. Could I legally sell my patrons coolers full of beer and ice at 1:59 and let them sit there and drink it until the sun comes up? ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-legal/10008/2 "2000-04-08T11:25:00Z")
no. That’s why bars take your liquor **and** make you leave @ 2:00. With liquor stores, at least in Colorado, it is illegal to consume liquor on the premises. ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-legal/10008/3 "2000-04-08T11:34:00Z")
Again, only speaking of course for CO, some bars allow you to remain on the premises here after 2:00A, but the liquor must be OFF the tables @ 2:00 AM. I did have a boss, however, that used to take advantage of the autumn daylight savings change to serve liquor for an extra hour. This, technically, was also illegal as the time change is set to 2:00 AM just to prevent this sort of thing. The clocks are supposed to be set back after the bar is closed. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-legal/10008/4 "2000-04-09T06:48:00Z")
Different localities have different laws. In most of Louisiana, the bars must stop serving at 2am and you have to leave by 2:30am. In New Orleans however the bars don’t close. Also, I think in most areas, the bartender must open the beer. Trying to sell a cooler full of unopened beer is not legal for a bar; only a liquor store can sell packaged liquor. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-legal/10008/5 "2000-04-09T16:23:00Z")
neutron star, without knowing your country, city & state, its impossible to answer your question. Plus, after you do mention that, we have to type it all over again. But give us that info anyway. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-legal/10008/6 "2000-04-10T03:54:00Z")
Lafayette, LA. Says so in my profile. But that’s not really important since I don’t own a bar. I was just wondering about the laws regarding this in general.