From the Encyclopedia of North Carolina.
This was created by the state General Assembly in 1937 to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages inNorth carolina after the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition). The ABC stands for Alcoholic Beverage Control. It is run by a commission.
Among the commission's duties are to determine what brands of alcoholic liquors may be sold, maintain the state ABC warehouse for the distribution of spiritous liquors, regulate the sale of wine and beer and issue permits for wineries, breweries, wholesalers and retailers.
In North Carolina, you can buy beer and wine in many places, but if it is hard alcohol that you want, you have to purchase it at what is referred to as an ABC Store.
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