Editing Montgomery County, Maryland (section)

====History====
Until 1964, only three restaurants in the county had liquor licenses to serve liquor by the drink.<ref name="auto789">Kendrick, Thomas R. "[https://www.proquest.com/docview/142097239/ New Montgomery Liquor Permits Start 6 Restaurants Serving Drinks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081500/http://search.proquest.com/docview/142097239/ |date=May 10, 2017 }}". ''The Washington Post''. December 8, 1964. p. B1.</ref> The county stopped issuing liquor licenses to all other restaurants under a law that had existed since [[prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]].<ref name= liquor>Barnes, Bart. "[https://www.proquest.com/docview/142126338/ County's Liquor Laws Liberalized] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081456/http://search.proquest.com/docview/142126338/ |date=May 10, 2017 }}". ''The Washington Post''. November 8, 1964. p. B1.</ref>

Following a voter referendum,<ref>Kendrick, Thomas R. "[https://www.proquest.com/docview/142103587/ D.C., Maryland Party Aides Ponder Vote Results: Liquor Question in Montgomery Depends on Absentee Ballots] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081504/http://search.proquest.com/docview/142103587/ |date=May 10, 2017 }}". ''The Washington Post''. November 5, 1964. p. B1.</ref> restaurants and bars could apply for county permits to sell liquor by the drink.<ref name= liquor/> The [[dry town]]s of [[Kensington, Maryland|Kensington]], [[Poolesville, Maryland|Poolesville]], and [[Takoma Park, Maryland|Takoma Park]] were allowed to keep their own bans in place.<ref name= liquor/>

Anchor Inn in [[Wheaton, Maryland|Wheaton]] was the first establishment to serve liquor in the county under the new law.<ref name="auto789"/>