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Chimbo Supermarket seeking ABC off license

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Alex 01/21/2012 at 1:01 PM

Good for them. Maybe the lines at Blue Wheeler won’t be so long now. I sure have been thinking lately that we need more stores that have a good selection of cheap wines and fortified malt beverages. Hopefully this works out.

Given the success that most of the other markets that sell in the area have had at keeping disruption to their surrounding areas to a minimum, I see no reason we should oppose this. Plus Chimbo Mini Market has already shown their ability to police their parking lot to date. It’s safe now and will only get safer once they bring in some alcohol to calm folks’ nerves down. The neighbors should be thrilled.

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Mars 01/21/2012 at 2:57 PM

Unfortunately, it looks like it is too late to do anything about it or complain to ABC if I’m reading it right?

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Mark 01/21/2012 at 3:36 PM

I never go in there, but I always assumed that they already sold beer and wine. Guess I learned something today.

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Brett@Cyclus 01/21/2012 at 5:55 PM

I shopped there on the reg 2 years ago and bought beer all the time. They had a butcher, few decent vegetables on hand and all the household crap. This place served me well while I lived over there. Most of the time there was a security dude who didn

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Brett@Cyclus 01/21/2012 at 5:57 PM

‘t play.

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K.M. 01/21/2012 at 5:59 PM

@Mars-That’s my reading too. Darn it. The *last* thing that part of the neighborhood needs is this. Nothing good can come of this.

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i_r 01/21/2012 at 6:15 PM

they definitely sell beer, wine, and malt liquor already. would they need to reapply for some reason?

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P Mayo 01/21/2012 at 10:56 PM

You’re right they definately already sell alcohol.

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Bryan R Kirby 01/24/2012 at 11:51 PM

ive lived next to them for over 2yrs and theve always had beer and malt..and ive never had a problem with them…i even sometimes cash my check there and never had a problem as well…and they are slowly upgrading the place..i love this place so back off yuppies!

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Anne 01/25/2012 at 11:09 AM

I had a real estate client who lived right behind the Chimbo Mart, on Clay, and he told me he really appreciated being able to walk out of his back door and have a halal butcher right there. He couldn’t understand why buyers kept mentioning the market as a detractor. It’s definitely come a heck of a long way since I lived on Chimbo in ’92…..

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