Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Why the East Village may have a few glum underage drinkers


[Couldn't think of a better way to illustrate this post]

The State Liquor Authority yesterday announced the results of a two-week investigation to curb underage booze sales in New York City.

Per the the official news release on the bust:

From April 17 through May 1, 2014, the unit conducted seven details, with decoys visiting 74 grocery and liquor stores [in the] five boroughs of New York City. In total, the undercover minors were able to purchase alcohol at 32 of premises visited, including one out of 15 stores in the Bronx, 15 out of 16 stores in Brooklyn, 5 out of 21 stores Manhattan, 8 out of 16 stores in Queens, and 3 out of 6 stores on Staten Island. During the investigation, SLA Investigators entered the grocery and liquor stores separately from the undercover minor to observe and verify when illegal transactions occurred.

And it turns out that all five places busted in Manhattan happened to be in the East Village…

• Uncle Johnny Grocery Corp., 55-57 Avenue D
• Loma Deli Market Inc., 133 Avenue D
• Avenue C Food Corp., 185 Avenue C, Store 2
• Yankee Two Deli Inc., 122 Avenue C
• Loisaida Ave Deli Corp., 301 East 4th Street

Probably better that the SLA did this as opposed to some newspaper intern.

H/T The Observer
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 6, 2014 at 8:02 AM

    Continue your investigation with the bars, they're the real problem. But then, what would the men in the black SUVs collect on Sunday nights?

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  2. AnonymousMay 6, 2014 at 10:30 AM

    Bodegas, all of them.

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  3. AnonymousMay 6, 2014 at 11:19 AM

    I wonder if they sell Nutcracker ?
    http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/bodegas-barbershops-dealing-sweet-liquor-punch-nutcrackers-city-teens-article-1.457207

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  4. MakeoutMay 6, 2014 at 2:17 PM

    Ha! Just read the Intern article. The follow up would've been nice. Perhaps a job for The Long Lost Intern of EV Grieve?

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