In some states, liquor stores are not open on Thanksgiving Day, which is Nov. 22.
This pertains to only liquor stores. Beer and wine can be purchased elsewhere on Thanksgiving Day:
Alabama — Closed
Alaska — Open
Arizona — Open
Arkansas — Open
California — Open
Colorado — Open
Connecticut — Closed
Delaware — Closed
Florida — Open
Georgia— Open
Hawaii — Open
Idaho — Closed
Illinois — Open
Indiana — Open
Iowa — Open
Kansas — Closed
Kentucky — Open
Louisiana — Open (Some parishes restrict sales)
Maine — Open
Maryland — Open
Massachusetts — Closed
Michigan — Open
Minnesota — Closed
Mississippi — Closed
Missouri — Open
Montana — Closed
Nebraska — Open
Nevada — Open
New Hampshire — Closed
New Jersey — Open
New Mexico — Open
New York — Open
North Carolina — Closed
North Dakota — Closed
Ohio — Closed
Oklahoma — Closed
Oregon — Some stores are open. Check first.
Pennsylvania — State liquor stores are closed.
Rhode Island — Closed
South Carolina — Open
Tennessee — Closed
Texas — Closed
Utah — Closed
Vermont — Open
Virginia — Closed
Washington — Open
West Virginia — Open
Wisconsin — Open
Other Stores Open?
In Walmart stores, the Black Friday sale starts when they open at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. It will be open continuously after that with extended hours on Black Friday.Target is opening Thanksgiving Day at 5 p.m., and will have extended hours on Black Friday.
Costco is closed on Thanksgiving Day. It has the same hours on Black Friday. Kroger is open from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, and will reopen at 6 a.m. on Friday.
Kmart is open at 6 a.m. Thursday and stays open all night to Black Friday.
For Publix, it’s website says that all stores and pharmacies will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
Whole Foods’ hours are 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Trader Joe’s is closed on Thanksgiving Day.
Walgreens will be open per usual on Thanksgiving Day, and 24-hour locations will have the same hours. And Non-24 hour Walgreens stores are open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Their pharmacies will also be open Thanksgiving Day, and the same goes for the 24-hour pharmacies. Normal business hours are expected for Black Friday.
CVS stores, meanwhile, are open Thanksgiving Day, while the 24-hour locations will have the same hours. Check local listings for hours.
Rite Aid stores will also be open in some locations starting at 7 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. They will open 7 a.m. Black Friday. Walmart’s pharmacies will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. They will have normal hours on Black Friday.
Target’s pharmacies are closed on Thanksgiving Day. They will have normal hours on Black Friday.
Travel?
Meanwhile, for travel, mild weather and falling gasoline prices are helping Thanksgiving travelers get where they’re going while saving a few bucks.Airports around the country were busy Wednesday, leading to more than 1,500 delayed flights by early afternoon on the East Coast. Only about 75 flights were canceled, however, with about 40 of those in San Francisco, according to tracking service FlightAware. GasBuddy, a price-comparison site, said prices were under $2 a gallon in nine states, with several others hovering just above that mark.
“We will see the national average go lower because there are still drops in the pipeline,” said GasBuddy analyst Patrick DeHaan. He estimated that U.S. motorists are spending $100 million less each day on gasoline than they were a month ago.
