Seven-Day-A-Week Liquor Sales

Following the much-needed change in the absurd liquor laws that prohibited liquor sales on Sunday, and the subsequent weird middle ground that allowed stores to open on Sunday provided they closed on one other day a week (Wednesday? Monday? How does one decide?), the state has once more changed the law to allow liquor sales seven days a week. Huzzah! Next step: liquor sales in grocery stores (otherwise known in the rest of the civilized world as “supermarkets,” which helps one understand the sublime concept of “supermarket vodka”).

Jen and I noticed this last night at a store in Brooklyn and I forgot about it until I saw this Gothamist post today (credit where due).

Funny related anecdotes:

1. Before I lived in New York State, my brother and I went out to a friend’s house on Long Island for a Sunday barbecue. After arriving in our friend’s town, we searched for a place to buy a bottle of wine. Not seeing a liquor store, we happened upon a beer distributor. We stopped and inquired as to where one could pick up a bottle of wine. “New Jersey,” he replied. (Why does that sound like a Metropolitan Diary to me?)

2. Jen made dinner one Sunday evening. Realizing she forgot to get wine, she picked up a bottle at the local bodega, not realizing it was that watered-down cheap-shit 6-percent stuff. If you’ve ever had it, you know what I’m talking about . . .