Group says 11 liquor stores in the North End are enough

By adamg on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 10:25am

The North End Waterfront Residents Association voted to oppose any efforts to increase the number of stores selling liquor in the North End, NewEnglandWaterfront.com reports. The neighborhood currently has 11 retail liquor licenses - one currently unused.

The vote has no legal authority, but the Boston Licensing Board, which doles out booze permits, asks neighborhood groups for their input on license requests. Both the North End association and its Back Bay counterpart have already set similar informal limits on the number of alcohol-serving restaurants.

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Comments

is there any real correlation

By anon on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 11:43am.

is there any real correlation between number of licenses and police disturbances (noise, crime etc..)?

Actual question, not being sarcastic here. Has anyone actually ever done a study?

car accidents around liquor stores

By EM Painter on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 4:13pm.

I remember seeing one that noted the higher incidence of car accidents and pedestrians getting hit by cars around liquor stores.

i wonder what percentage of

By pierce on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 7:05pm.

i wonder what percentage of people drive to North End liquor stores though.... has to be among the lowest in the city

Gotta love it...

By coolio on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 7:40pm.

Don't you just love it when the free market determines things like this? Oh, wait...

Seriously

By Bosguy22 on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 9:03am.

If 11 is enough, then when a new one opens, it will push a higher-priced/less well-run competitor out of business. Saying we have "enough" of anything is ridiculous. Who are they to decide? Maybe a new place will specialize in craft beers...and I like craft beers. If that's the case, then I would like another liquor store.