Lubbock, Texas

:For other uses, see Lubbock (disambiguation).

Civics

Lubbock is the largest city in Texas that makes use of the council-manager government system.

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Lubbock County and the city of Lubbock have an unusual legal situation regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages. The county allows package sales but not "by the drink" sales except at private institutions such as country clubs. Inside the Lubbock city limits, the situation is reversed with restaurants and bars able to serve alcohol but liquor stores forbidden, thus making Lubbock the largest "dry" city in the United States. Ironically, the Lubbock area boasts an award-winning wine industry.

Related Topics:
Alcoholic beverage - Country club - Dry - Wine

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The city has had only one saloon, and that only very briefly soon after the town was founded. Lubbock remained legally dry until an election on April 9, 1972, made liquor by the drink, but not package sales, legal, and Lubbock abandoned its distinction as the largest dry city in the country. (See {{handbookoftexas|id=LL/hdl4|name=Lubbock}}.)

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