Ohio bars must halt liquor consumption at 2 a.m. this Sunday

COLUMBUS — Superintendent Terry Poole of the Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Liquor Control is reminding all liquor permit holders that Daylight Saving Time officially begins in Ohio at 2 a.m. on Sunday and that’s when drinking must halt.

“When the clock strikes 2 a.m., on Sunday morning, the time will spring ahead and be, in fact, 3 a.m., thirty minutes past the legal closing time for permit holders who are entitled to be open until 2:30 a.m., “said Poole. “All sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages at permit premises must cease prior to 2 a.m., when clocks should be advanced one hour.”