Are you legally allowed to drink alcohol on your 21st birthday in the District of...

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...Columbia? On my 21st birthday (February 24) I went to dinner at a restaurant in DC with my friends and family and ordered a glass of wine. When the server looked at my ID, he consulted his manager and they told me that they could not legally serve me alcohol until midnight (at which time it would technically be February 25, the day after my birthday). In addition to being humiliated, I believe he was wrong. I have never heard of anyone having to wait until the day AFTER their 21st birthday to drink alcohol.
PS I looked online and all I could find was some info about a cinderella bill in Texas whic
 
The restaurant got it wrong! You are allowed to drink on your birthday, you are considered to be 21. Technically you could have went out to a bar on the 23rd and not drink until the clock turns midnight when you could go back to the front counter and reshow your id and you would then be allowed to drink.
 
I grew up in DC and remember going out with friends at midnight when they turned 21 and buying them drinks. I think the restaurant was wrong unless the laws have changed since I left.
 
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