Dan wrote on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:34:52 -0700:

> [Utah]

>> the rep for utah is that it is very straitlaced, since it is
>> largely mormon (the way boston used to be largely irish
>> catholic), and mormons are forbidden to use alcohol, tobacco
>> and caffeine. but i do recall reading that there are topless
>> joints in salt lake city, and that pasties aren't required.
>>
>> there used to be a lot of 'blue laws' (laws that businesses
>> be closed on sundays), as sqwertz alluded to, but i don't
>> know if this is the case anymore.

> The last time I was there (a long time ago, and it's changed
> since then), the bars didn't sell booze! It was BYOB. Each
> bar had a liquor store next door, and you'd stop and buy some
> little bottles before going in the bar. The bars only sold
> "setups".

When I was in Moab 30 years ago I was surprised to see beer on sale in
supermarkets but the old horror stories of liquor stores attached to
restaurants were true.

Things have lightened up some:
http://www.utah.com/visitor/state_facts/liquor_laws.htm

However, beer in supermarkets is still the old 3.2 sort even now.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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