As of today, you can no longer smoke in almost all of North Carolina’s bars and restaurants. At one point in our history, however, many bars and restaurants (along with many other establishments) weren’t even open on Sundays. Maybe this sounds strange to you or maybe you remember those days…regardless, you can read more about the history of North Carolina’s “Blue Laws” (and why they were called “Blue Laws”) in Harry McKown’s most recent installment of “This Month in North Carolina History”: