Counties currently allowing Sunday beer and wine sales: Abbeville, Berkeley, Beaufort, Charleston, Darlington, Dorchester, Georgetown, Greenwood, Horry, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Richland (unincorporated areas only), and York.
Cities and towns that have passed laws allowing Sunday beer and wine sales include Columbia, Spartanburg, Charleston, Greenville, Aiken, Rock Hill, Summerville, Santee, Daniel Island, Clemson, Hardeeville and Tega Cay.
In 2011, however, Columbia City Council voted to force bars to close at 2 a.m., requiring a special permit to stay open further.
Requirements for the permit involved having trained security staff and no events that violate "the public peace" (wet T-shirt contests, etc.).
Before 2006, South Carolina was infamous amongst tourists and residents alike for being the last state in the nation to require cocktails and liquor drinks to be mixed using minibottles, like those found on airplanes, instead of from free-pour bottles.