A mimosa is served at Old Venice Pizza Company on the Square Sunday. A new ordinance went into effect Sunday allowing the sale of alcohol. Photo: Alex Edwards, The Daily Mississippian.
The Sunday alcohol sale bill was passed Feb. 18, allowing restaurants in Oxford to serve alcohol on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Because the bill had to be approved by the Mississippi Alcohol Beverage Control and undergo a 30-day wait period, yesterday was the first day restaurants could serve alcohol.
While the bill allows the sale of alcohol on Sundays, restaurants open on Sunday do not have to sell alcoholic beverages if they prefer not to.
However, restaurants like Old Venice and Soulshine Pizza Factory plan to make selling alcohol on Sundays a regular practice.
“Alcohol will definitely be served on Sundays beginning the 23rd of March,” Old Venice waitress Sabyn Ladnier said.
Soulshine waitress Montana Patterson also confirmed that Soulshine will be adding alcohol to the menu for Sundays.
Since the Sunday alcohol sales bill passed, many have questioned whether or not the 12 a.m. curfew on Saturday nights will be extended. According to the city ordinance for section 14-10, alcohol may not be served from midnight to 10:59 a.m. on Sundays.
“The curfew for Saturday nights will remain the same,” said Megan Prescott, executive assistant for the Oxford Police Department.
— Rebekah Fields
refields@go.olemiss.edu
