Are liquor stores in Texas open or closed on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day?

Texans may face a dry start to 2024 unless they act quickly.

The Lone Star State’s liquor stores will soon shutter for a 61-hour period beginning at 9 p.m. on Saturday and ending at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

Since 1935, liquor stores in the Lone Star State have been shut on Sundays. Additionally, these establishments are forbidden from selling their products on specific holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.

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These are the hours alcoholic beverages can legally be sold in stores, according to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission:

Off-premises beer/wine license or permit (e.g., convenience store or grocery store):

• Monday – Friday: 7 a.m. – midnight
• Saturday: 7 a.m. – 1 a.m. (Sunday morning)
• Sunday: 10 a.m. – midnight

Liquor store:

• Monday – Saturday: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
• Closed on Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
• If Christmas Day or New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday, closed the following Monday.