New Jersey's Epic Battle Against Twofers

Jerry Fischer, director of the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control agency, oversees 22 investigators. These state employees have been dutifully cracking down on happy-hour-type twofers in bars. Fisher proudly explains that his undercover sleuths, late one recent night,

...found signs on tables advertising a two-for-one sale on kamikazes, drinks that typically contain an ounce of vodka and an ounce of triple sec liquor. Such a promotion is illegal because "it's designed just to get people drunk," Fisher says.

So at double the advertised price, the bar owner would have been golden. But providing a discount to his customers, hey, that's no longer his prerogative — that's a crime.

It's enough to drive a man to drink.

Comments

[Phil Nelson]

I'm personally going to drink a beer for every post you make on idiotic liquor laws.

There's a 24 of PBR in my fridge. Get to postin'