<P> The Twenty - first Amendment of the United States Constitution allows states to regulate the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages . State regulations vary widely . The majority of the U.S. states have laws specifying which alcoholic beverages must be sold in specialty liquor stores and which may be sold in other venues . </P> <P> In seventeen alcoholic beverage control (ABC) states, the specialty liquor stores are owned and operated exclusively by the state government, where liquor stores often sell only spirits or sometimes sell spirits and wine but not beer . ABC - run stores may be called ABC stores or state stores . </P> <P> In Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Texas, liquor stores are also known as package stores, locally in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and areas bordering these states the term pack or packie is used as well, because purchased liquor must be packaged in sealed bottles or other containers when it is taken from the store . </P> <P> In five states (Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Utah), only low - point beer may be sold in supermarkets or gas stations . In Utah, stores not owned and operated by the state are known as Package Agencies . These are liquor outlets operated by private individuals or corporate entities under contract with the state for the purpose of selling packaged liquor, wine and beer to the general public for off - premise consumption . Package Agencies are located in communities too small to warrant the establishment of a state store, and in resorts and hotels where the outlets exist primarily for the benefit of their guests . In Minnesota there are both private liquor stores or city - owned municipal liquor stores . They are sometimes known as "Off Sales", meaning purchase for off - premises consumption, similar to "Off - license" in the UK . A bar or tavern is an "On Sale" where liquor is consumed on - premises . Municipal liquor stores are sometimes called "Munis ." </P>

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