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New Jersey

Are there 24 hour liquor stores in New Jersey?

No. New Jersey law closes every outlet, and the latest anything sells is 10 p.m.A shop may close earlier than the law requires, so 10 p.m. is the outside edge rather than a promise.

Beer in New Jersey

Grocery and convenience stores

Your city or county sets these hours

New Jersey sets no statewide hours for bars and restaurants, or for beer and wine sold to take away. Your municipality decides. The one statewide rule is a ceiling on packaged distilled spirits: no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 10 p.m., and even that does not bind Newark or Jersey City.

Package stores

Your city or county sets these hours

New Jersey sets no statewide hours for bars and restaurants, or for beer and wine sold to take away. Your municipality decides. The one statewide rule is a ceiling on packaged distilled spirits: no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 10 p.m., and even that does not bind Newark or Jersey City.

Bars and restaurants

Your city or county sets these hours

New Jersey sets no statewide hours for bars and restaurants, or for beer and wine sold to take away. Your municipality decides. The one statewide rule is a ceiling on packaged distilled spirits: no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 10 p.m., and even that does not bind Newark or Jersey City.

Wine in New Jersey

Grocery and convenience stores

Your city or county sets these hours

New Jersey sets no statewide hours for bars and restaurants, or for beer and wine sold to take away. Your municipality decides. The one statewide rule is a ceiling on packaged distilled spirits: no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 10 p.m., and even that does not bind Newark or Jersey City.

Package stores

Your city or county sets these hours

New Jersey sets no statewide hours for bars and restaurants, or for beer and wine sold to take away. Your municipality decides. The one statewide rule is a ceiling on packaged distilled spirits: no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 10 p.m., and even that does not bind Newark or Jersey City.

Bars and restaurants

Your city or county sets these hours

New Jersey sets no statewide hours for bars and restaurants, or for beer and wine sold to take away. Your municipality decides. The one statewide rule is a ceiling on packaged distilled spirits: no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 10 p.m., and even that does not bind Newark or Jersey City.

Liquor in New Jersey

Package stores

Legal hours to buy liquor in New Jersey, package stores, by day of week
DayLatest legal sale hours
Every day
  • 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
These are the outer limits set by state law. A city or county may require earlier closing, so the hours where you are can be shorter than the hours shown, never longer.

Common questions

Are there 24 hour liquor stores in New Jersey?
No. New Jersey law closes every outlet, and the latest anything sells is 10 p.m.
What is the latest you can buy alcohol in New Jersey?
10 p.m., at package stores. Every other kind of outlet closes at or before that.

Sources

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