On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:20:10 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:57:28 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:34:52 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:
>>
>>>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".
>>
>> Texas did the same thing back in the 70s that I know about. You had to
>> be a "member" of the bar, as well, IIRC.
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
>i think you'll find (or used to find) the 'bottle clubs' in certain
>counties scattered throughout the south. i suppose it's a step up from
>being completely dry.

There's "social clubs" here still. The doors are locked and some have
a sign but most don't. You join by invitation only and get a key.
Liquor is served with no license. So it's cheap. The ones I've been
to are Italian so they all had fancy espresso machines. Most of the
"social" activities are gambling. They also have poker machines.
These places were bigger before gambling boats were so common but
they're still scattered around.

Lou