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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAlcohol sales in Harris County were down 94 percent in March when compared to sales in the shorter month of February, records show.Bars and restaurants sold $7.8 million in beer, wine and mixed beverages throughout Harris County in March, while those same types of businesses sold $134.3 million in February. These numbers, released by the Texas Comptroller, do not include sales from alcohol whole-sellers, like liquor stores, but reflect a stark situation for Houston-area restaurants forced to close their doors amid the COVID-19 pandemic.BOOZE TO GO:Kirby Ice House took the top spot in March sales with $220,813, less than half of the $466,515 worth of alcohol the bar sold in February.Seven Houston-area Bombshells Restaurants and Bars made the top 20 list for March alcohol sales - four of which are in top five spots. Noticeably missing from March’s top 20 list are Houston’s big sports venues, which often post multi-million-dollar alcohol sales.See March’s top 20 alcohol sellers in the gallery above.Jay R. Jordan covers breaking news in the Houston area. Read him on , , and , | Follow him on Twitter at | Email him at

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAlcohol sales in Harris County were down 94 percent in March when compared to sales in the shorter month of February, records show.Bars and restaurants sold $7.8 million in beer, wine and mixed beverages throughout Harris County in March, while those same types of businesses sold $134.3 million in February. These numbers, released by the Texas Comptroller, do not include sales from alcohol whole-sellers, like liquor stores, but reflect a stark situation for Houston-area restaurants forced to close their doors amid the COVID-19...

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