Alcohol Policies

Does anyone know if the park sells alcohol on Sundays?

Saloon Junkie said:
Does anyone know if the park sells alcohol on Sundays?

I haven't been to CP in 3 years, but they did sell alcohol on Sunday when we were there. Like I said, this was 3 years ago so I don't know if their policy has changed since then.

I've been there on Sunday's multiple times but for the life of me can't remember if they have Sunday sales or not.

This would be a State Liquor permit more so than a park policy though. A quick search on the Ohio Dept of Commerce Liquor Control page, it appears that the park does have a valid D6 permit which allows the "Sale of intoxicating liquor on Sunday between the hours 10:00am or 11:00am and midnight."

The Marina Bar and Bay Harbor Inn also have D6 at this time.

I believe they sell beer and smirnoff lemonade.

They do sell alcohol on Sundays.

Only at the Chik-Fil-A.

And only if you are heterosexual.

There are state laws that prohibit alcohol sales on Sunday? And here I thought Ontario had the toughest liquor laws.

Ontario strict? Last I checked Ontario had a legal drinking age of 19. It is here in the US where we have some crazy laws when it comes to liqueur and intoxicating beverages.

The United States once banned alcohol altogether, and we are still way too strict.

I'm not much of a drinker, but I think it is silly to restrict alcohol sales on Sundays. One could argue it would be against the Establishment clause of the First Amendment of the US Constitution if these laws were Federal.

I recently saw new signs posted on the beach by windseeker and twister saying: No alcohol beyond this point. The signs were facing the park, and sat in the middle of the beach, parallel with the park and lake shoreline. So you can take alcohol out by windseeker on the beach, but can't walk with it past the signs to the shore??

The signs should be facing perpendicular to the shore, not parallel, and be placed closer to the hotel it would seem, since they do serve alcohol by the hotel and pool. That would make more sense. I also did not know they let you bring alcohol anyway to the beach. Maybe they changed the rules. Just wondering if anyone noticed this yet.

Laws vary all over the place depending on state and city laws. Most are still ridiculously stupid. Around my corner of Ohio, individual retailers actually have to have a referendum placed on the ballot if they want to start doing Sunday beer or liquor sales. Not sure if that's a state or local law, but it's immensely stupid.

As for CP, yes, alcohol is served on Sundays.

Miss_Maverick07 said:
So you can take alcohol out by windseeker on the beach, but can't walk with it past the signs to the shore??

I didn't see the new signs, but from what I understand, CP's liquor license covers the entire property both outside of buildings and inside buildings. I would guess the signs probably are on the east boundary of CP, going east of the signs would take you out of CP's property. But, you can drink anywhere on property, the bar at TGIFriday's on the beach even offers to-go cups for adult beverages.

Vince982 said:
There are state laws that prohibit alcohol sales on Sunday? And here I thought Ontario had the toughest liquor laws.

Take a tour of the Jack Daniels Distillery. You can't buy it or even get a sample because its illegal. They are located in a dry county that never sells alcohol, no matter what day of the week it is.

We used to live in Canal Winchester, Ohio, which is just south of Columbus. There were two Kroger stores near us; one a mile to the east, and one a couple miles to the west. If I turned left out of our driveway and attempted to purchase beer on a Sunday, I would be denied altogether. "Against the law". Turn right and try at that Kroger, and it was legal all day on Sunday. Keep heading east for another mile to the Giant Eagle, and you could only purchase the beer on Sunday after 1:00 pm.

How's that for screwy?

We are a psychologically conflicted nation, to put it mildly.

Ralph Wiggum said:
Around my corner of Ohio, individual retailers actually have to have a referendum placed on the ballot if they want to start doing Sunday beer or liquor sales. Not sure if that's a state or local law, but it's immensely stupid.

It is a State law. Any new liquor permits (Sunday sales are a separate permit in addition to in Ohio) require the precinct the store/seller is located on to vote on and pass the issue before the permit will be issued. There are also other things that have to be done as well like getting approval by the local council/trustees etc to make the process go easier. You can bypass this option but the local govt authority can petition the state to have them consider denying the permit.

I'm friends with a beer importer, who said that to import from overseas, there's a separate application/license for every beer for every US state. Not for every brewery, but for every type of beer that brewery produces. Screwy.

On the other hand, I recently had occasion to talk to the brewmaster at Ohio Brewing Company, who, as a former state legislator, was partially responsible for raising Ohio's maximum ABV for beer from 6% to 12%. That's a very simple, easy to understand law, suitable for Schoolhouse Rock treatment, even.

Well, I can say I saw my first overtly drunk person on Saturday night, though it wasn't at the park. She was being carried into Breakers Express at about 12:30 by two people, who I assume, found her drunk at the park and offered her a ride to the hotel (I saw them leaving a few minutes later).

I just hope whoever she was with also got a ride back to the hotel and wasn't driving themselves.

You've never seen a really drunk person until Saturday night;) AndI thought I led a sheltered life.

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