NEW JERSEY - Beginning this fall, people living in New Jersey will be able to get a bottle of wine, beer, or whatever their drink of choice is without leaving the comfort of their home.
The state's Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control announced Friday the approval of a new rule that will allow bars, restaurants, and liquor stores to use third-party delivery services like DoorDash and Instacart to deliver alcohol.
When I was a very young kid living in Bergen County NJ, my dad had a part time job delivering liquor from a local liquor store. They kept him busier than a one legged man trying to kick down the barn door. I was too young to realize how lucrative that business was (and how many alcoholics there are in the world). Got to meet the boxer James J. Braddock on a delivery. One of my dad's "regular" customers. Tipped well, but my dad was afraid of the man and said he had a dark side and if he snapped, he'd likely kill a person he punched. Then I moved to the driest county in Georgia in 82 and remember my dad saying guess there'll be no part time delivery of liquor here.
Back in the 1950s we had a similar liquor store in my Bergen County town, Rayvet. Owner was George Dunn and the delivery guy was Johnson. They used to load up a station wagon a couple times a day to keep the town's house wives stocked up with Martini ingredients.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was a very young kid living in Bergen County NJ, my dad had a part time job delivering liquor from a local liquor store. They kept him busier than a one legged man trying to kick down the barn door. I was too young to realize how lucrative that business was (and how many alcoholics there are in the world). Got to meet the boxer James J. Braddock on a delivery. One of my dad's "regular" customers. Tipped well, but my dad was afraid of the man and said he had a dark side and if he snapped, he'd likely kill a person he punched. Then I moved to the driest county in Georgia in 82 and remember my dad saying guess there'll be no part time delivery of liquor here.
ReplyDeleteBack in the 1950s we had a similar liquor store in my Bergen County town, Rayvet. Owner was George Dunn and the delivery guy was Johnson. They used to load up a station wagon a couple times a day to keep the town's house wives stocked up with Martini ingredients.
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