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104. It's worse here

I graduated from UMASS so know that they have "packy" stores there where no such exists in PA. So anything that is "hard liquor" or wine is strictly run by the state PLCB (an artifact created in 1933 after the repeal of the 18th Amendment) and can only be sold in a "state store" (they renamed them "Wine and Spirits Shoppes" over the past 20 years when they went through a major store renovation and re-branding ).

Beer and wine are strictly regulated as well, where it is only recently per some revised legislation (past year or two) that small quantities of beer (over the 6-pack limit allowed in delis), but still not wine, have started appearing in supermarkets and at "pop-up beer gardens" (that now have their own special license), although larger quantities still must be sold at a "beer distributor" (with its own license). Wine must still be purchased in the state stores and bars/restaurants have to vie for the limited licenses to serve alcohol (and that alcohol must be bought from the state). You'll see many smaller restaurants here in Philly with a "BYOB" sign on the door.