Houston - Alcohol
Alcohol laws are regulated by state laws, although elections at the local level may modify the sale of alcohol locally; this means that counties can farther restrict a state regulation, but cannot overrule it: a city in a dry county cannot vote to become wet, but a city in wet county can elect to become dry – as is the case in some areas that are, for example, close to a church.
Do not be surprised if you find supermarket who do not carry alchool, you might be shopping in a " wholly dry" area of town, like in the Heights. In the majority of the Houston Heights, prohibition began in 1912 and is still is in effect today.
You need to be at least 21 years old to purchase and consume alcohol and this law is strongly enforced.
wet counties - 14 percent or less alcoholic beverages are legal or distilled spirits are legal
partially wet counties - only 4 percent beer is legal
wholly dry - no sales of alcohol are permitted. The Heights has been historically a wholly dry district
The lines are so blurred that you can find an array of confusing situations, with counties where the sale of mixed beverages is legal in the whole or part of the county, counties wholly wet, and counties that are partially dry; locals that live in a dry county, drive to the closest liquor store situated in the bordering wet state to buy alcohol etc.
Statewide the allowable hours to sell liquor are
Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to midnight
Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Sunday from 12 p.m. to midnight
One way restaurants and clubs can offer alcohol is by selling a membership card. A private club does not require a vote by the population, so members can drink in clubs with a membership that are located in dry areas.
Bars close at midnight on weekdays and at one in the morning on Fridays and Saturdays (they have to follow the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code chapter 105 defining allowable hours of sale and consumption of alcohol); but the state allows some communities to extend their allowable hours. Bars and clubs in Houston can sell liquors up to 2 a.m. every day....
Wholly dry counties in Texas
Angelina, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Bowie, Briscoe, Cochran, Coke, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Delta, Erath, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Franklin, Freestone, Gaines, Hale, Hansford, Hardeman, Hemphill, Hopkins, Houston, Jones, Kent, Knox, Lamp, Lynn, Madison, Martin, Morris, Motley, Ochiltree, Panola, Parmer, Real, Roberts, Rusk, Scurry, Sherman, Smith, Sterlin, Swisher, Terry, Throckmorton, Tyler, Van Zandt, Wheeler, Wood, Yoakum
Liquor stores
Bert Wheeler’s
12901 Queensbury
Houston, Texas
USA
Tel: + 1 (713) 467 5515
Richard’s Liquors and Fine Wines
6532 San Felipe
Houston, Texas
USA
Tel: + 1 (713) 781 0022
Richard’s Liquors and Fine Wines
5750 Woodway
Houston, Texas
USA
Tel: + 1 (713) 975 6859
Spec’s Warehouse
2410 Smith
Houston, Texas
USA
Tel: + 1 (713) 526 8787
Spec’s Warehouse
4625 Memorial Dr
Houston, Texas
USA
Tel: + 1 (281) 870 9778
Store Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Saturday
Chain - please call for a store near you. Spec's is famous for providing customers with more wine, liquor, beer and specialty foods and at much more convenient prices than anyone else in Texas. If you pay cash or check you get 5% discount.
