Liquor stores are being replaced by 24 hour gas stations that sell booze and drive through beverage shops. I realize there are still plenty of them around in certain areas, but their days are numbered.
I didn’t know that tequila rose sold well in low income areas. That stuff isn’t cheap.
A ice code fo-D a cote fo-D5...that what I’m talkin bout. :)
Liquor stores are still around. They’re getting a little punched up by grocery stores that are improving their selection, but in the end it’s always the liquor store that’s the best place to go for booze experimentation. Find a friend whose really into microbrew beer or premium hard liquor, guarantee they know of half a dozen in your city (unless of course you’re in a small town, then you maybe have 1 or 2). Sure they aren’t the old style neighborhood liquor store, but that’s a good thing, those places with their floors that hadn’t been mopped in 10 years and windows that had been completely covered for 20 helped perpetuate the “den of iniquity” image of drinking. The new style “good place to buy good stuff” liquor store is here to stay, the new and improved American palate means that while any particular premium booze might cycle out of fashion there’s always going to be one that’s bringing in the money.
Liquor stores will stay in business as long as state laws bar the competition. They certainly aren’t going away in Texas where gas stations, grocery stores et al aren’t legally allowed to sell liquor, and limited solely to the sale of beer and wine in those municipalities that have legalized it.