Fifty-nine liquor stores have applied for permission to sell booze on Sundays so far, taking advantage of a D.C. law passed late last year that did away with the longstanding prohibition of the practice.

D.C.’s alcohol regulators announced today that the sale of liquor on Sundays could kick off as early as the next few weeks.

Blue laws no more! Yesterday the D.C. Council approved a bill that would finally allow the sale of liquor on Sundays.

There’s been recent talk of allowing liquor stores to sell spirits on Sundays. But at a hearing today, it was liquor store owners that came out against the idea.

Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) doesn’t like Mayor Vince Gray’s proposal to allow bars to stay open for an extra hour, but he may replace it with an initiative that would allow liquor stores to open on Sundays.