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Originally Posted by cdcox
PA has always had a puritan view of alcohol. When I lived there in the late 80's the liquor stores were all run by the state. In some of them, you had to look up what you wanted in a book and tell the clerk the number, then they would go into the back and bring it out.
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It's still that way. My wife is from Western PA, and it was a shocker for me when I first went there, coming from CA, buying a bottle of liquor. Missouri was a bit draconian when I left, but still nothing like PA. MO is pretty much "normal" now.
When I was in Philly in January, I wasn't surprised that I had to go to a State Store, or at least a dedicated liquor store, for booze...wanted to get a bottle for my hotel room. Not a big deal, just not as convenient as I am used to...Texas is similar.