Standard size is a fifth...750ml. That is what they sell in package/liquor stores. However, the state that I bartend in you must have 1L bottles behind the bar. I have bartended at both a bar and a restaurant and all our bottles were the 1 Litre size.
I currently bartend in Missouri.
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What is the standard size liquor bottle used in restaurants and bars?In Texas bottles behind the bar are not regulated by size, however each bottle must have a tax stamp affixed to it until it is emptied, then the stamp must be scratched off the empty bottle. I have sold liquor to bars that wanted the big 1.75 liter bottles for use in a dispensing gun (like a soda gun) and for use in frozen drink machines, and I have sold the little 50 ml "airplane" sized bottles to a few as well.
The vast and overwhelming majority use 1 liter bottles when possible, and 750 ml bottles when 1 liters are not available.
Check your state's liquor laws on the website of your state's liquor control agency.
In New York and most places I've been it's 750ml unless a particular liquor only comes in one size. There aren't any laws that I know of regulating that...it's really just a matter of how much space is available on the bar. Larger bottles (1.75 ml, etc) would occupy too much space to have a bar with a good selection of liquors.
Each state has its own laws regarding alcohol. The best place to find them would be at each particular state's government website. Follow the links to the Liquor Control Commission, or Liquor Control Board, or whatever it's called in each state. It's typically a division of the Health and Human Services Dept or the Commerce Dept.
As far as I know, there are no such laws, but the typical size in rest. and bars is a Fifth (750 mL) - the standard size... typically because larger bottles are difficult to lift repeatedly by bar staff. Well Spirits are often larger bottles, at least in bars with dispenser systems for the cheapo stuff...
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