Yeah thats what I thought to. Let me know what you find out. I figured no one would be drinking just like in the parking lot, but that was the first thing I saw when I walked in, a dude carrying a beer, funny.
Summit, here's the answer from the TABC codes: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code (2001) (b) A person may sell, offer for sale, or deliver beer between 7 a.m. and midnight on any day except Sunday. On Sunday he may sell beer between midnight and 1:00 a.m. and between noon and midnight, except that permittees or licensees authorized to sell for on-premise consumption may sell beer between 10:00 a.m. and noon if the beer is served to a customer during the service of food to the customer.
Repeal the blue Laws and REPEAL THe OPEN CONTAINER LAWS I like to be able to walk down the street with Alcohol in hand. ALA New Orleans Rocket River
yes...10:00am that is the Bloody Mary Sunday Brunch rule. by the way, Behad, did I read that correctly that Saturday beers sales are allowed until 1am (Sunday morning). My convenience stores sure seem not to know that one.
That is a weird law. I remember being a grocery store cashier back in 1995, and someone would roll up with some beer at 11:55 AM on a Sunday, and the computer system wouldn't let me ring it up. Naturally, the customer would be getting pissed at ME, so I'm trying to convince the customer service desk to let the guy buy some beer five minutes early...
Grocery stores do not have an "on-premise consumption" license. HP, that 1 am rule for Saturday night has always been there. I, too, was a cashier for a grocery store many years back, and learned all these rules, except as noted above.
The 'no alcholol in the parking lot' was in the news last week. In fact, they talked about how the vendors at the "Bud Light Tailgate" party wouldn't be selling beer. I am really surprised they would be enforcing this though.
On another note, I just found out that a buddy of mine had an interesting experience at Sunday's game. He had two tickets and a parking pass for the game. Met a group of friends at "a retail store with a huge parking lot" across Main Street from the Stadium. Everyone parks their cars in the lot of the retail store and piles into one of the guy's vans for the trip across the street. After the game, they come back to the retail store parking lot and all of their cars had been towed. Cost 'em $108 each.
rocket river.. i'm curious as to what keeps you from saying you were in the store.. i'd buy a cheap item so i could have a receipt from the store lol
I don't see why you are angry at the tow truck drivers or even the business establishment. The parking spots are for customers only, not for the 'I don't want to pay $15 for a parking pass' or 'I don't want to ride Metro' Texans fans. If the people towed had been customers and left the store, they should have moved their cars within a reasonable time (30 minutes to 1 hour). It was not a Texans parking lot
These stores have had past problems with Astros and Rodeo events -- and I'd guess for Oilers events before that. They've been pretty consistent about enforcement. Same thing with the apartments in the area. Now, if you do this again, there are a few streets off of Knight Road and Caimbridge that allow street parking. UT-HSC fill them up during the week and ride the apartment shuttle to work. Just watch out for a few no-parking signs in the area.
Were the police out in force writing tickets for something more dangerous like jaywalking on the way to Reliant? Come to think of it. In the name of enforcing the law maybe we should start installing electronic tracking devices when people are born (maybe just off the spine so attempted removal likely leads to paralysis) and then at busy streets we can install cameras and tracking devices so that jaywalkers can promptly receive tickets mailed to them at home. Or maybe we skip the ticket and just go ahead and arrest the lawbreaker. The law is the law, right?
