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January 10, 2013
Happy hours are still illegal in some states
By MICHELLE LOCKE
Associated Press
Associated Press
During “happy hour” at the Summer Winter bar in Burlington, Mass., the bargain is on the bivalves, not the brews.
That's because Massachusetts legislators passed a law in 1984 banning bars from offering cut-price drinks. So James Flaherty, the bar's director of food and beverage, decided to use shellfish specials to draw customers.
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