Comments on: Two-Buck Chuck Me, ASAP

By: f.arouet

f.arouet — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:42:56 +0000

The problem that restrictive laws on alcohol consumption attempt to remedy is not drunkenness and automotive fatalities or the imperialistic reach of big bottling concerns; it is the use of alcoholic beverages itself. Why else would these laws prohibit alcohol sales on Sundays, the great holy day of the Christian week?

It is high time we recognize that religion should hold no authority over the way our nation conducts its affairs. This principle should hold as much for our nation’s foreign policy as it should for our personal market freedoms. Unfortunately, it holds for neither.

By: barqknoll

barqknoll — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:46:58 +0000

I heard that the grand opening was May 15th.

By: AbleVayble

AbleVayble — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 01:51:37 +0000

I was told by the head of retail at the Excelsior and Grand that TJ’s is slated to open in St. Louis Park in the spring in April. More details on my blog.

By: myandrea

myandrea — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:28:18 +0000

For anyone interested in an in-depth look at liquor regulation laws, the Office of the Legislative Auditor is currently conducting a program evaluation of this topic, which will be published this coming February. It should provide a wealth of information, including a comparison of liquor prices across the state and the above-mentioned selling liquor in a grocery store issue, and will include recommendations for what the state ought to do in the future.

The reports are always available online at the website.

The Office also just released a scathing report on data security across the state and in the Office of Enterprise Technology.

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:42:00 +0000

To gerg, Sutlers is exactly the kind of store I’m thinking of. If you go in there and ask who their most knowledgable and helpful wholesalers are, they’ll tell you it’s the small companies that care about wine.

Mpls Simpleton would seem to have a good point, except that even if the volume of bulk wine sales goes up becasue of grocery store sales, it is unlikely that the total volume of wine sales will go up. It’s zero-sum, or close to it, and the small producers and wholesalers lose.

In this case you can wear both your “I hate corporations” and “competition is good in a free market” hat, if you just remember that markets require some regulation in order to be truly competitive.

Want to know what you’re drinking when you open a bottle of Two-Buck Chuck? http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2005-08-24/news/feature.html

By: bdeneen

bdeneen — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:32:15 +0000

Just moved back here from Tucson. All I can say is Charles Shaw 08′.

By: rex

rex — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:44:32 +0000

This was the last I saw about it. Don't know what happened...

By: MunsingW

MunsingW — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:33:30 +0000

Somebody can tell me that this is false, and they probably will, but I believe that liquor store hours in Minneapolis were extended until 10pm on 6 days a week. Much to the chagrin of liquor store owners, who would actually prefer to be open only one hour a week, do crazy business, and spend the rest of their time building ships in bottles. They lobbied the city council hard against it, and I believe the change to 10pm will sunset in a couple of months unless extended again.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:46:33 +0000

The separate entrance, 8pm in-town closing time, and dry Sundays are the ONLY things keeping me from being drunk all the time and driving into school buses.

By: moe

moe — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:35:56 +0000

Excellent comment BeccaVargo, thanks.

It’s too late for liquor, but we can always get some 3.2.