My OperaSingles at Modern Liquor!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:54:49 PM
We're not talking about the Wednesday wine tastings here. We're talking about "selling singles".
In the on-going attempt to make the world a better place, the cognoscenti have found a blunderbuss that's going to solve the problem of loose beer cans in the 'hood. In certain areas, the selling of single cans of beer would be prohibited. For a beer oriented summary, see here.
The editor is not against giving a liquor store or two a hard time on selling singles via the "voluntary agreement" route. That guarantees, to some degree, that the local neighborhood has a problem with a liquor store and needs to give a strong nudge to change its ways. Designating a whole ward as so far gone that it needs to have the liquor store default position be "no singles" seems like overkill. Perhaps it's close, but "close" only counts in horse shoes and nuclear weapons. The City Council decided to skip the horse shoes step, which was already in the hands of the neighborhood via the voluntary agreement. If a neighborhood can't negotiate amenable voluntary agreements, that neighborhood has far more serious problems to fix before it graduates to controlling single beer can sales. The "do something" urge is understandable. The editor remembers when having no beer cans in the front yard was a rare day. The editor also remembers that entrepreneurial folks in alley would buy six packs, take them back to the alley and sell singles. When the folks in the alley (Blagden Alley, Naylor Court) decamped, the beer cans in the yard almost totally stopped. Seems like any loose beer can (or especially soda pop can) is from someone passing through.
The good news is that Modern Liquors has been granted an exception to the ban. They can sell singles.
Usually, Jeff and Anna sell the higher end singles. You know, the ones costing $10.00 or more. But Jeff can envision the day when someone from the new Convention Center Hotel (groundbreaking before the first snow is expected) walks up and asks for two Bud Lights. Since we're a tourist town, that seems like normal thing. DC should accommodate those folks, even if they come from Salt Lake City.
Congratulations Jeff and Anna, and congratulations to ABRA. And congratulations to the community for supporting the exception.
In the on-going attempt to make the world a better place, the cognoscenti have found a blunderbuss that's going to solve the problem of loose beer cans in the 'hood. In certain areas, the selling of single cans of beer would be prohibited. For a beer oriented summary, see here.
The editor is not against giving a liquor store or two a hard time on selling singles via the "voluntary agreement" route. That guarantees, to some degree, that the local neighborhood has a problem with a liquor store and needs to give a strong nudge to change its ways. Designating a whole ward as so far gone that it needs to have the liquor store default position be "no singles" seems like overkill. Perhaps it's close, but "close" only counts in horse shoes and nuclear weapons. The City Council decided to skip the horse shoes step, which was already in the hands of the neighborhood via the voluntary agreement. If a neighborhood can't negotiate amenable voluntary agreements, that neighborhood has far more serious problems to fix before it graduates to controlling single beer can sales. The "do something" urge is understandable. The editor remembers when having no beer cans in the front yard was a rare day. The editor also remembers that entrepreneurial folks in alley would buy six packs, take them back to the alley and sell singles. When the folks in the alley (Blagden Alley, Naylor Court) decamped, the beer cans in the yard almost totally stopped. Seems like any loose beer can (or especially soda pop can) is from someone passing through.
The good news is that Modern Liquors has been granted an exception to the ban. They can sell singles.
Usually, Jeff and Anna sell the higher end singles. You know, the ones costing $10.00 or more. But Jeff can envision the day when someone from the new Convention Center Hotel (groundbreaking before the first snow is expected) walks up and asks for two Bud Lights. Since we're a tourist town, that seems like normal thing. DC should accommodate those folks, even if they come from Salt Lake City.
Congratulations Jeff and Anna, and congratulations to ABRA. And congratulations to the community for supporting the exception.
