Skip to content
DrinkLaws

Tennessee

Where can you buy alcohol late in Tennessee?

The latest anything sells in Tennessee is 11 p.m., at grocery and convenience stores.That is the outside edge the law allows. An individual shop may close earlier, and none may sell later.

Beer in Tennessee

Grocery and convenience stores

Your city or county sets these hours

State law sets a default here that cities and counties may extend, and most do. Your local rules decide the actual hours.

Package stores

Your city or county sets these hours

State law sets a default here that cities and counties may extend, and most do. Your local rules decide the actual hours.

Bars and restaurants

Your city or county sets these hours

State law sets a default here that cities and counties may extend, and most do. Your local rules decide the actual hours.

Wine in Tennessee

Grocery and convenience stores

Legal hours to buy wine in Tennessee, grocery and convenience stores, by day of week
DayLatest legal sale hours
Monday to Saturday
  • 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sunday
  • 10 a.m. to 11 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.

Package stores

Legal hours to buy wine in Tennessee, package stores, by day of week
DayLatest legal sale hours
Monday to Saturday
  • 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sunday
  • 10 a.m. to 11 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.

Liquor in Tennessee

Package stores

Legal hours to buy liquor in Tennessee, package stores, by day of week
DayLatest legal sale hours
Monday to Saturday
  • 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sunday
  • 10 a.m. to 11 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

What is the latest you can buy alcohol in Tennessee?
The latest anything sells in Tennessee is 11 p.m., at grocery and convenience stores.
Which shops stay open latest in Tennessee?
Grocery and convenience stores, which the law lets run until 11 p.m.

Sources

  • Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-5-301(b)(1) (no sale between midnight and 6 a.m.; counties may extend) and § 57-5-301(b)(3) (municipalities may fix the hours beer may be sold)
  • Tennessee publishes its official code through a subscription service
  • Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission
  • T.C.A. 57-5-301(b)(3) lets municipalities fix beer hours by ordinance and authorise Sunday sales; (b)(5)(A) lets counties and municipalities in liquor-by-the-drink jurisdictions extend beer hours. CTAS: counties may extend and have "no authority to shorten"
  • Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-406(e), (h) (Regulation of retail sales)
  • Tenn. Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Retail Package Store License
  • Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-3-811 (Hours for selling or giving away wine), Sale of Wine in Retail Food Stores Act
  • Tenn. Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Hours of Sale

Last verified . How DrinkLaws checks this.