Have you ever found yourself at home on a Thursday night looking forward to relaxing on the couch and watching the latest episode of Scandle and thought “A margarita sure would taste good right now”; but you don’t feel like dragging out the blender and making a mess? So you hop in the car and run down to the corner drive thru margarita bar and pick up a couple of margaritas on the rocks… To go. Wait… Say again?

Would you like fries with that?

I was listening to a comedian (I wish I could remember his name. He was funny!) on XM radio talk about his experiences with drive through daiquiri bars in Louisiana.

It depends on what the definition of Is is

He said as long as the straw hasn’t punctured the plastic lid, or if the straw is inserted into the lid but the paper still covers the top end of the straw, the cup is not considered an “open container”. Well alright then.

RANT WARNING

Personally, I think open container and drinking while driving laws are silly. These are “nanny” laws. They say that if passengers in a motor vehicle are drinking alcoholic beverages that the driver cannot be trusted to not partake themselves. (Sorry Duncan and Christopher, themselves is perfectly fine.) And if a guy does happen to get thirsty after a long day of construction work in the 110° Texas heat and wants to stop at 7-Eleven and grab a cold beer to drink on the way home, so what?! Now if they’ve had a twelve pack they have no business being behind the wheel. But it shouldn’t make any difference whether that twelve pack was consumed at the job site or in his pickup truck. If he’s drunk, he’s drunk. Lock him up. But if he’s not drunk, leave him alone. There, I got that off my chest.

End of rant

It’s not just for Louisiana any more

So while searching for the name of the comedian talking about the drive through daiquiri bars, I discovered that they are not just a Louisiana phenomenon. We appearantly have them in Texas too. (I think I need to investigate this. You know; as a service to my readers.) There’s the W grill in Houston with drive thru margaritas to-go. It seems in Texas that if you put a piece of tape over the straw hole on the cup lid, you’re good… to-go. Eskimo Hut has locations across Texas serving daiquiris, margaritas, and Jello shots to-go. The good folks at Eskimo Hut seem to be a little more serious about the “sealed container” rules though. Most of their products come in gallon jugs like milk jugs with a “sealed” lid or plastic cups with a heat sealed cellophane lid. However, the Jello shots are shown in little plastic condement cups with normal plastic lids.

What do you think?

So let me know what you think. Do you have a Crazy Liquor Law story? Have you ever ordered adult beverages to-go at a drive thru? We want to hear about it. Leave a comment below. Or email me at Mark@CrazyLiquorLaws.com. You will need to register to comment and at that time I will need your email address; but don’t worry; I won’t be spamming you and will never sell your information.

Cheers!
Mark