Local bars enjoyed a calm and small crowd the first Sunday the new liquor ordinance passed by the Charleston City Council went into effect.

Uptowner owner Kevin McGugan said, “so far, so good,” in regards to the new ordinance.

“We were anticipating just a social-type crowd when the law passed and that is what we have,” he said. “It’s not a rowdy bunch. It’s a nice crowd.”

McGugan said most patrons were either playing pool or watching football games.

Marty’s manager Cory Pritehard said the new Sunday business was going slow.

“Maybe about 25 people came by for lunch,” he said.

Pritehard said the bar had the football games going on their big-screen television. At 6 p.m., he said, about 6 or 10 people were there.

“Maybe it’s slow because it has been a big party week or something,” he said.

Stix also was “not too busy,” manager Holli Kile said.

“Any business is good business I guess,” she said.

Ike’s also had a small crowd “just hanging out,” manager Ben Barrett said.

“So far, there’s not a whole lot,” he said. “Just a calm crowd.”

In early January, the City Council passed an ordinance on a 3-2 vote that allows liquor establishments to sell alcohol on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The ordinance went into effect this Sunday.

Before the Sunday ordinance was passed, grocery, drug and liquor stores were able to sell alcohol between noon and 7 p.m., and restaurants could pay $400 to sell alcohol between noon and 11 p.m.

At the same meeting, the City Council shot down an ordinance in a 4-1 vote that would have extended weekend bar hours from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. Both ordinances were proposed to the City Council by the Charleston Licensed Beverage Association, which is comprised of liquor-licensed establishments in the city.