Comments on: 160,106,737 Bottles of Grain Belt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:28:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mike m http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933#comment-27045 mike m Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:50:46 +0000 #comment-27045 With all the multi-culturism happening here, it seems that the christian sunday blue law thing should be obsolete, muslims worship on friday, jews on saturday, most don`t go to church at all. Why are barbershops & chinese restaurants closed on mondays? Try to call the MN Dept of Revenue on friday - closed, whats up with that? Free market economy my ass! With all the multi-culturism happening here, it seems that the christian sunday blue law thing should be obsolete, muslims worship on friday, jews on saturday, most don`t go to church at all.

Why are barbershops & chinese restaurants closed on mondays?

Try to call the MN Dept of Revenue on friday – closed, whats up with that?

Free market economy my ass!

]]> By: karl http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933#comment-26780 karl Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:16:49 +0000 #comment-26780 The Mob has nothing on the beer distribution system in Minnesota, and in fact, it is a system that has its roots in the mob's prohibition liquor business. When prohibition ended, the distribution system remained intact. It's the most corrupt, bribery-ridden system imaginable. And they keep it that way by greasing the legislature well. Before John Marty cleaned up the system at the capitol, it was even worse. Legislators' refrigerators were magically filled every night by the "beer fairies." The whole three-tiered system that guarantees obscene profits to everyone but the beermakers should be deismantled. The Mob has nothing on the beer distribution system in Minnesota, and in fact, it is a system that has its roots in the mob’s prohibition liquor business. When prohibition ended, the distribution system remained intact. It’s the most corrupt, bribery-ridden system imaginable. And they keep it that way by greasing the legislature well. Before John Marty cleaned up the system at the capitol, it was even worse. Legislators’ refrigerators were magically filled every night by the “beer fairies.” The whole three-tiered system that guarantees obscene profits to everyone but the beermakers should be deismantled.

]]> By: ryan http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933#comment-26755 ryan Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:00:46 +0000 #comment-26755 Hey Mark, I agree with you on grocery stores being brand whores, BUT some of them must carry the good stuff, even if it's not sitting on an endcap... my little sister returned from Arizona the other day and brought me a bottle of Stone Brewing's <a href="http://www.arrogantbastard.com/">Arrogant Bastard</a> that she'd purchased off a grocery store shelf. Great beer. I only wish I had more. Hey Mark, I agree with you on grocery stores being brand whores, BUT some of them must carry the good stuff, even if it’s not sitting on an endcap… my little sister returned from Arizona the other day and brought me a bottle of Stone Brewing’s Arrogant Bastard that she’d purchased off a grocery store shelf. Great beer. I only wish I had more.

]]> By: jmullan http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933#comment-26700 jmullan Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:19:06 +0000 #comment-26700 "We don't want liquor stores to be able to sell food because then people will stop going to grocery stores."<br /> "Do you realise that in a few years you will be prevented from selling booze in your grocery store?"<br /> "When would we <em>ever</em> want that?" “We don’t want liquor stores to be able to sell food because then people will stop going to grocery stores.”
“Do you realise that in a few years you will be prevented from selling booze in your grocery store?”
“When would we ever want that?”

]]> By: alamn http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933#comment-26694 alamn Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:18:43 +0000 #comment-26694 Don't you just hate it when a Mpls Simpleton bursts your bubble?<br /> <br /> I stand corrected. Don’t you just hate it when a Mpls Simpleton bursts your bubble?

I stand corrected.

]]> By: mark http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933#comment-26690 mark Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:53:07 +0000 #comment-26690 I agree on no Sunday sales, but isn't this also about letting grocery stores sell booze? That I don't think I'd like. Grocery stores are brand whores, and stock what the distributors pay them to stock, i.e. shit.<br /> <br /> I like good beer and you don't get that unless you go to a place that also appreciates good beer. Generally speaking, that wouldn't include any grocery stores I've ever shopped in. I agree on no Sunday sales, but isn’t this also about letting grocery stores sell booze? That I don’t think I’d like. Grocery stores are brand whores, and stock what the distributors pay them to stock, i.e. shit.

I like good beer and you don’t get that unless you go to a place that also appreciates good beer. Generally speaking, that wouldn’t include any grocery stores I’ve ever shopped in.

]]> By: notthatmatt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933#comment-26682 notthatmatt Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:33:45 +0000 #comment-26682 I just moved here from Philadelphia (a year and a half now!) and while I agree that the no beer on Sunday thing is stupid, and the no booze at Cub sucks, it could be a lot worse. In Philly I had to buy beer either from a distributor with weird hours in strange parts of town, or six packs from the bar or deli. If you want wine or liquor you have to go to a state run store. I even heard rumors of people getting arrested for transporting alcohol into the state from Jersey illeagally. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is the largest purchaser of wine and spirits in the United States which means that the state is one of the most powerful movers in the alcohol business. If they decide to buy your microbrew you are set.<br /> <br /> Anyway even they decided to sell on Sunday...<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Liquor_Control_Board" target="_blank"></a> I just moved here from Philadelphia (a year and a half now!) and while I agree that the no beer on Sunday thing is stupid, and the no booze at Cub sucks, it could be a lot worse. In Philly I had to buy beer either from a distributor with weird hours in strange parts of town, or six packs from the bar or deli. If you want wine or liquor you have to go to a state run store. I even heard rumors of people getting arrested for transporting alcohol into the state from Jersey illeagally. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is the largest purchaser of wine and spirits in the United States which means that the state is one of the most powerful movers in the alcohol business. If they decide to buy your microbrew you are set.

Anyway even they decided to sell on Sunday…

]]> By: ryan http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933#comment-26680 ryan Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:29:25 +0000 #comment-26680 My hometown has a municipal liquor store. Yes, there's nothing like walking in and seeing a 6-pack of Summit priced at nearly $8.00! <br /> <br /> From the sound of it, the liquor laws in Minnesota are a bit archaic... it sounds as if the guys from Surly Brewing had to jump through a multitude of hoops just to get up and running and they're aren't even bottling beer yet. <br /> <br /> If you recall, it took what seems like ages for Minnesota to actually allow brewpubs to sell growlers. I still think it's silly that they need to conform to the liquor store hours... of course I think liquor store hours (and 3.2 beer in gas stations and grocery stores) are silly. Of course I was spoiled, I went to college for a year in a city that bordered Fargo, North Dakota and their liquor stores are seemingly always open. My hometown has a municipal liquor store. Yes, there’s nothing like walking in and seeing a 6-pack of Summit priced at nearly $8.00!

From the sound of it, the liquor laws in Minnesota are a bit archaic… it sounds as if the guys from Surly Brewing had to jump through a multitude of hoops just to get up and running and they’re aren’t even bottling beer yet.

If you recall, it took what seems like ages for Minnesota to actually allow brewpubs to sell growlers. I still think it’s silly that they need to conform to the liquor store hours… of course I think liquor store hours (and 3.2 beer in gas stations and grocery stores) are silly. Of course I was spoiled, I went to college for a year in a city that bordered Fargo, North Dakota and their liquor stores are seemingly always open.

]]> By: Mpls Simpleton http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933#comment-26667 Mpls Simpleton Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:19:53 +0000 #comment-26667 Hate to burst your Bubble Bob but the Top Value liquor stores in Columbia Heights are run by the city. Hate to burst your Bubble Bob but the Top Value liquor stores in Columbia Heights are run by the city.

]]> By: Luke http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/8933#comment-26665 Luke Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:08:18 +0000 #comment-26665 Let the cities set their own liquor laws. Sensible cities like Minneapolis and St. Paul can benefit if the state law changes. Let the cities set their own liquor laws. Sensible cities like Minneapolis and St. Paul can benefit if the state law changes.

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