As a child we lived in Houston, Texas. I remember accompanying my parents to the liquor store to buy alcoholic cheer. When we would visit New Orleans I realized how silly the liquor store is because you can buy liquor and beer in the grocery and drugstore 24/7.
I remember visiting Houston again in early 2000. I went to a very nice, large international grocery store and couldn't buy some orange marmalade to bring home to my father-in-law. It was a Sunday and the marmalade had a wee bit of Scotch in it. No liquor sales on Sunday.