Originally Posted by
Rowan
In Australia, it does happen. Our local store for a while in a tiny town was the postal agency, pizza place and licensed cafe all rolled into one. It is a very pleasant place run by lovely people, and is in just the right location for a stop between bigger towns when touring.
Everyone needs to be careful of broad generalisations on an international forum.
Well we were talking about the western US. Because of Prohibition we have a bunch of odd laws about alcohol. Bars and package stores are generally kept separate. As I said bars are usually segregated from the restaurant and, quite frankly, I've never seen a bar
in a store that sells groceries. And, as a US Government contractor, I can tell you that you
cannot consume alcohol in a Federal installation. I doubt, highly, that you could consume alcohol in US Post offices.