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Boston has blue laws around the sale of alcohol.

See also: no alcohol sales before noon on Sunday, no discounted liquor at restaurants, and every bar/pub that sells liquor must also sell food.

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It's funny what kind of food satisfies that law. One night after a few prior stops I ended up at a very local and very Irish bar. Sipping from a bottle and dreaming of fried potatoes I ask the bartender what food was available. After showing visible disdain for my non-Boston accent he laughs and points to a sparse rack of old peanut bags. I guess beer is food sometimes.

I don't understand why I'm being downvoted, can you explain?

Public transport loses money in the evenings, across the world they get shut down unless subsidised.

I downvoted you because you talked about your downvotes.

Don't interrupt the discussion to meta-discuss the scoring system.

I might have phrased it wrong but I was literally asking what was wrong with what I said.

I'm getting confused by HN these days, it's like you get random d/vs for absolutely nothing.

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