Liquor stores: small-retail model
Seventy years ago, small retailers dominated most markets in Colorado Springs. Food was distributed through scores of small independent grocery stores, each serving its immediate neighborhood. Small hardware stores sold everything from sledgehammers to staples from storefronts in downtown Colorado Springs, Old Colorado City and Manitou Springs. Wholesalers supplied shoes, men’s clothing, sporting goods, books, [...]
I’m a proud liquor license holder who enjoys all the benefits and duties associated with the license. I don’t have a grudge or an axe to grind. On the contrary, I find the local authorities to be appropriately concerned and vigilant about what matters most: upholding the letter of the law and ensuring safe drinking [...]
Continue reading …A proposed initiative to allow grocery store liquor sales will not appear on the November ballot.
Continue reading …Colorado lawmakers are considering a plan that would allow a grocery store to transfer ownership of a liquor store license. The measure being considered today by the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee would also allow businesses to convert a retail liquor store license to a liquor-licensed drug store. Earlier this year, convenience stores lost [...]
Continue reading …Milan Foster was the customer at the end of the bar who ordered one drink and watched. Are minors being served alcohol? Is the bartender drinking on the job? Is there enough food available for customers who imbibe? For 13 years, he was a liquor enforcement officer for the City of Colorado Springs. He worked [...]
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