A liquor store in Atlanta violated a state ordinance by selling cups of ice. Law allows for ice to be sold only by the bag.
At Ben Hill Package Store you can go to the drive-thru (a liquor store with a drive-thru?) and they'll bring you your booze, plus a cup of ice for an extra 15 cents.
Why? “It’s the American way,” said employee Chris Melton. “These cats, they have a hard day at work, they come to the liquor store, buy a cup of ice…most people. I’m not saying all of them. Before they get home, they’re gonna drink and drive. They’re going to do it the American way and have a drink while they’re driving.”
By the way, Connecticut is the only place I've ever heard of (until now), that refers to liquor stores as package stores. Is anyone else familiar with this terminology? Does this really seem like something we should be euphemizing? It's like calling strip clubs, Gentleman's clubs. A complete misnomer.
It's a New England thing... they do it in Mass. and New Hampshire too, although it's more of a phrase than an official title... just something the locals say. Of course, in the great state of New York you can buy beer in the grocery store.
ReplyDeleteYou have to buy beer at special distributors in Pennsylvania. Some of the ones in Erie are drive thru. Who wants to get out of their car to buy beer?
ReplyDeleteAnyone spending time in or around Boston has used the term "packy" to refer to a packaged goods store.
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