County Laws
| County | Alcoholic beverage control county | Alcohol sale hours | Grocery Store Sales | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beer | Wine | Spirits | On-premises | Off-premises | Beer | Wine | Spirits | ||
| Allegany County | No | Unknown | No | ||||||
| Anne Arundel County | No | Unknown | No | ||||||
| Baltimore City | No | 6am-2am (6am-1am for taverns) | 6am-12am (Mon-Sat) | No | No Sunday sales, except for those Sundays between Thanksgiving and New Years upon issuance of special license. | ||||
| Baltimore County | No | 6am-2am (6am-1am for Class D beer/wine licenses) | 6am-12am (Mon-Sat) | No | No off-premises Sunday sales, except for the Sunday preceding Christmas Day and the Sunday preceding New Year's Eve, between 7am-9pm. | ||||
| Calvert County | No | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Caroline County | No | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Carroll County | No | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Cecil County | No | 6am-2am Mon-Sat, 10am-11pm Sun | 6am-2am Mon-Sat, 8am-11pm Sun | Rarely | Only one liquor license per store/corporation | ||||
| Charles County | No | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Dorchester County | No | Unknown | No | ||||||
| Frederick County | No | 6am-2am Mon-Sat, 11am-2am Sun | No | An off-premises license may not be issued to any franchised establishment. | |||||
| Garrett County | No | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Harford County | No | 8 a.m.- 2 a.m. | No | ||||||
| Howard County | No | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Kent County | No | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Montgomery County | Yes | Unknown | Spirits stores: Monday to Thursdays 10:00am to 9:00pm Friday & Saturday 10:00am to 10:00pm Sundays (See Notes). Beer and wine stores: 10:00am to 1:00 am | No (four grocery stores grandfathered; see note) | The Department of Liquor Control operates its liquor dispensaries on Sundays from Noon (12:00pm) to 6:00pm. | ||||
| Prince George's County | No | Unknown | Beer | ||||||
| Queen Anne's County | No | Unknown | No | ||||||
| Saint Mary's County | No | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Somerset County | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Talbot County | No | Unknown | Yes | ||||||
| Washington County | No | Unknown | No | ||||||
| Wicomico County | Yes | Unknown | Yes | ||||||
| Worcester County | Yes | Unknown | Yes | ||||||
Note: Four Montgomery County grocery chains — Giant Food, Safeway, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, and Magruder's — received an exception from the state law that bans grocery stores from selling beer and wine under a grandfather clause. These four are allowed to have one location that sells beer and wine in Montgomery County: Giant’s New Hampshire Avenue store in Silver Spring, Safeway in Olney, Shoppers in Germantown, and Magruder's in Gaithersburg. These licenses can be transferred to any of the chain’s other locations in Montgomery County subject to approval by the county Board of License Commissioners.
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