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Connecticut: Where can you buy liquor?

Private licensed stores

Connecticut issues package store permits to private stores to sell liquor; grocery stores get a separate beer permit.

A package store permit allows retail sale of alcoholic liquor in sealed containers to drink elsewhere. The same law sets up a separate grocery store beer permit. The permit covers 'alcoholic liquor', a term that includes spirits, and no state-run stores or state wholesale system were found.

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What the law says

A package store permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in sealed bottles or containers not to be consumed on the permit premises.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 30-20 (Package store permit. Grocery store beer permit)

Sources

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 30-20 (Package store permit. Grocery store beer permit) Mirror of official text · codes.findlaw.com

Confirm with the state

Agency: Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, Liquor Control Division
Website: portal.ct.gov

How bordering states compare

Massachusetts Private licensed storesMassachusetts liquor is sold by privately owned package stores licensed by cities and towns; the state does not buy or sell spirits.
New York Private licensed storesNew York liquor is sold by privately owned liquor stores licensed by the State Liquor Authority; the state does not sell spirits.
Rhode Island Private licensed storesRhode Island liquor is sold by privately owned package stores holding Class A retail licenses; the state does not sell spirits.

Last verified Oct 21, 2026 · Confidence: Medium · How we research · Report an error

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