Where can I buy liquor in Florida, and do grocery stores sell it?
Beer and wine are sold in grocery stores, drugstores and gas stations that hold a beer and wine license.
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What time can you buy alcohol in Florida?
It depends on the county or city. State law sets the default: no alcohol may be sold or served between midnight and 7 a.m., unless a county or city ordinance says otherwise, and many do.
Orange County's code allows package sales from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. and bars to serve from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., every day of the week, in the unincorporated county and in any city there without its own rule. Pinellas County closes every business that deals in alcohol from 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. every day, unless a city inside it sets shorter hours. In both, Sunday is treated like any other day. So the hours can change when you cross a city or county line, and the county's or city's code of ordinances is where they are written. Two counties, Lafayette and Liberty, are dry for liquor: only beer and wine of no more than 6.243 percent alcohol are licensed there.
Where to go from here.
Orange County
Population 1,471,937. Typical home sale price $448,734 in the three months ending June 2026; typical condo $184,500 in May 2026. Median household income $79,719; 13% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
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Population 963,481. Typical home sale price $413,832 in the three months ending June 2026; typical condo $226,000 in May 2026. Median household income $72,646; 26.4% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
Open the county guide →Where this comes from.
- Florida Statutes, section 562.14, hours of sale ↗ Read September 23, 2026
- Orange County Code of Ordinances, chapter 4, alcoholic beverages ↗ Read September 23, 2026
- Pinellas County Code of Ordinances, chapter 6, alcoholic beverages ↗ Read September 23, 2026
- Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, license types (dry county licenses) ↗ Read September 23, 2026
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Adult clubs are legal in Florida, and the rules are split between the state and the county.
How many counties are in Florida?
Florida has 67 counties. The largest by population is Miami-Dade, with more than 2.7 million residents; the smallest is Liberty, in the Panhandle, with fewer than 8,000.
How do I find my hurricane evacuation zone?
Look it up by address on the Florida Division of Emergency Management's Know Your Zone map.
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