Monday
17Aug2009
Utah Still Has Some Tough Drinking Laws
As of July 1, it became legal to drink in a bar in the state of Utah simply by showing some proper ID. The days of becoming a member of a bar were over. Despite this legislative victory, Utah is still the hardest state in the country to get bamboozled. Let us count the ways:
- Utah forbids any and all happy hours
- Don't try to order a double anything, since they are banned. So are triples for that matter.
- No cocktail or libation can contain more than 2.5 oz of liquor
- No drink may ever be mixed in front of a restaurant patron
- Sorry Zima fans, no malt beverages allowed.
- Full strenght beer can only be purchased at a liquor store. Bars can only serve near beer with a max of 3.2% alcohol
DBTH
Reader Comments (4)
I bet you there's a lot of domestic abuse in Utah...
hardy har har
i built "the room" at harry o's in park city and we werent allowed to have liquor on display instead it lived in a giant closet and the liquor traveled through tubes to what looked like an oversized soda gun. still park city is fun.
Close to accurate. Though the mixing drinks in front of patrons is true, but only at restaurants. You can mix drinks in front of people at a bar. Malt beverages are allowed, but not in grocery stores. Must be sold at liquor stores. Because liquor stores stand to make nothing off of them, they often don't carry them. Bars can serve normal beer. You can't buy anything but 3.2 beer in the grocery store but bars serve higher all the time.