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New Jersey Sunday alcohol laws

Sunday is an ordinary trading day in New Jersey: the same hours apply as on a weekday, for every kind of shop.

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

Can you buy alcohol on Sunday in New Jersey?
Yes. New Jersey names no Sunday restriction, so the hours are the same as any weekday for every kind of shop.
Are liquor stores open on Sunday in New Jersey?
Yes, on their ordinary hours. New Jersey does not close them for Sunday.

Sources

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