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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIn a City Shut Down Over Coronavirus, New Yorkers Hit the Bottle
MANHATTAN (AFP) Spirits shaken by coronavirus? Add some ice and pour out a quarantini.
Or two, or three alcohol sales are skyrocketing in New York, the epicenter of the U.S. pandemic, where liquor stores have been deemed essential even as most businesses closed.
Daniel Tallman of Manhattans Sutton Wine Shop says sales have jumped threefold on some days, pointing to the closure of Broadway and the cancellation of the major college basketball March Madness tournament as turning points.
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Declaring liquor stores essential, he said, was the right decision by the governor.
https://www.courthousenews.com/in-a-city-shut-down-over-coronavirus-new-yorkers-hit-the-bottle/
janterry
(4,429 posts)PJMcK
(21,921 posts)We've retreated to our mountain house and our local liquor store is open from 10:00 am till 7:00 pm. The owner told me that they are an essential business and, in fact, he was doing about 20-25% more business than usual. The best part is I'm happy for him because his wife just gave birth to their first child, a girl.
The second best part is that he has a hand sanitizer dispenser on the checkout counter for customers' use. When I asked him where he was able to find it, he pointed to one of the liquor shelves and said, "It's Everclear liquor. 90% alcohol. Who needs aloe vera?"
For the first time in my life, I anticipated the coronavirus crisis and we stockpiled weeks before the run on stores began so we're in the fortunate situation of simply replenishing our stocks once a week. That includes the liquor locker and wine cellar!
Midnight Writer
(21,548 posts)lark
(23,003 posts)They finally closed the boat ramps today (WTF took them so long?) so liquor sales could actually go down here, lol. WE stocked up last week and are good for several weeks with that. I don't drink, except Irish Cream in my coffee, but I stocked up at the local dispensary so we are both good.