Updated June 2026.
Indiana carryout — liquor stores, grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies — may sell alcohol from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. the next day, Monday through Saturday, and on Sunday from noon to 8:00 p.m., prevailing local time. Bars and restaurants may serve on-premise every day from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. That is Indiana Code § 7.1-3-1-14, not a Kroger policy and not the pre-2018 Sunday ban. Age 21.
The 2023 page that said “noon to 8 p.m. every day” pasted the Sunday carryout window onto Tuesday. Tuesday at a liquor store is a 7-to-3 clock.
Indiana hours by permit
| Who | Monday–Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Dealer permit (liquor, grocery, c-store, pharmacy carryout) | 7:00 a.m.–3:00 a.m. next day | Noon–8:00 p.m. |
| Retailer on-premise (bars, restaurants) | 7:00 a.m.–3:00 a.m. next day | 7:00 a.m.–3:00 a.m. next day |
| Retailer carryout (if the retailer is also allowed to sell to-go) | 7:00 a.m.–3:00 a.m. next day | Noon–8:00 p.m. |
IC 7.1-3-1-14(c) is the dealer/carryout clock. Subsection (b)(1) is on-premise seven days a week. Subsection (b)(2) puts retailer to-go on the dealer’s Sunday noon–8 window. The statute says prevailing local time — most of Indiana is Eastern; several northwest and southwest counties are Central. Wholesalers may sell to retailers at any time (subsection (e)), which does not help you buy a six-pack at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Sunday, Christmas, and what changed
Sunday carryout became lawful in 2018, noon to 8:00 p.m. That is still the window in the 2024/2025 codification of § 7.1-3-1-14. The old Sunday grocery blackout is gone; do not reprint it. Indiana repealed its Christmas Day sales ban in 2015; Christmas now follows the day-of-week clock. If Christmas is a Sunday, carryout is noon–8:00 p.m., not the weekday 7-to-3. Election Day is no longer a statewide blackout (repealed 2010). Secondary pages that still say “no Christmas carryout” are stale unless they quote a current subsection — serving-alcohol training copy still does. The statute on the books is the source.
A separate temperature rule is not an hours rule. IC 7.1-5-10-11 (2024 text) still makes it unlawful for a beer dealer to ice or cool the package before sale. Package liquor stores are the usual cold-six-pack stop. That is not the repealed Sunday ban, and it does not change the noon–8 Sunday window.
Gas stations, grocery, and bars
A licensed Indiana gas station is a dealer on the carryout clock — including the Sunday noon–8 wall. See gas stations. A bar can still pour you a beer at 10:00 a.m. Sunday; it cannot sell you a six-pack to go until noon. Carryout from a grocery is carryout, even if there is a cafe in the same building.
Local ordinances can be tighter than the state ceiling. Universities, towns, and permit conditions sometimes are. The ATC (Alcohol and Tobacco Commission) enforces the code. Selling outside the window is a criminal/administrative problem, not a “manager override.” For neighboring states’ different clocks see Illinois (local) and Walmart / grocery hours.
If you need a bottle at 8:15 p.m. on a Sunday, Indiana carryout is closed. A restaurant can still serve a drink until 3:00 a.m. That drink stays in the restaurant.
Sources
- Indiana Code § 7.1-3-1-14 (2024 Justia text; 2025 IGA title index still lists the section): dealer carryout Mon–Sat 7 a.m.–3 a.m., Sunday noon–8 p.m., prevailing local time; retailer on-premise 7 a.m.–3 a.m. daily.
- Sunday carryout legalized 2018; Christmas ban repealed 2015; Election Day ban repealed 2010 — as reported in Indiana ATC / legislative histories. No Christmas prohibition in the 7.1-3-1-14 text we verified.
- IC 7.1-5-10-1 (sales unlawful outside permitted hours).
- IC 7.1-5-10-11 (2024): beer dealer may not ice or cool the package — temperature, not Sunday hours.