Someone asked me today what did I think of Giant at Lincoln Court in Frazer getting a kind of liquor license to sell I guess beer and wine in that store. That’s on Route 30 in East Whiteland Township.
I actually didn’t know until today it was a possibility. So I looked it up.
My thoughts include: Why?? and No.
It would be like the Bermuda Triangle of Booze – PA State Store next door (Fine Wine & Good Spirits #1512), a great store called The Beer Store across the way (also a small business and they sell beer & wine) and oh yes, an Alcoholics Anonymous clubhouse at the end of the shopping center with a door around the side right there.
It’s quite a redundancy isn’t it ?
They resisted boozifying this store until now and there is already the Giant Exton location on Swedesford that has it. It’s a much bigger store and much more parking.
Parking in Lincoln Court is a constant issue, why add to it? Can you imagine all of the illegal fire lane illegal parking if Giant gets a liquor license?
East Whiteland should have said no, but they did not as far as I have heard they approved it at some point late this past fall of 2023.
I would be curious to know where the license is coming from other than Caln (looks like it is coming from a place that was/is called Teazers or Appeteazers?) and if Giant has all of this money for liquor licenses do they think they could also clean up and modernize that store? It’s pretty depressing inside.
I am also amused by the lawyers letter which is a file saying LTR City of Bethlehem.
I tried looking everything up on the PA LCB search portal. It is pending.
License Number: R12656. GIANT #6477. LID Number: 120955. It says it expires March 31, 2024 and I don’t know what that means, probably means it expires or becomes permanent? I went through meeting minutes and couldn’t find a reference so maybe nothing has happened yet? There are upcoming meeting dates for the PA LCB but no agendas posted yet:
- Wednesday, January 10, 2024
- Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Public meetings of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board begin at 11:00 AM in Room 117 of PLCB Headquarters in the Northwest Office Building, Harrisburg, Pa. Meetings are open for in-person attendance, and meetings are broadcast via Microsoft Teams over the internetOpens In A New Window and telephone (267-332-8737, code 240 679 670).
All public meetings feature at least two opportunities for public comment. The first happens early during the meeting. The second happens at the conclusion of agenda business. If a license that is listed on the agenda is recommended for non-renewal during the meeting, the Chairman will ask for comments about that specific license before a final vote is taken.
People wishing to comment on items appearing on a meeting agenda are encouraged to attend that meeting in person. Those attending via Teams should review Using Microsoft Teams to Attend PLCB Public Board Meetings.
Meeting agendas are posted on this page at least a day in advance of the public meeting; however, agendas are subject to change.
https://www.lcb.pa.gov/About-Us/Board/pages/public-meetings.aspx
If you are interested, I think those are the meetings to watch for agendas on. We can, as members of the public, join the meetings via online or go in person.
If you wish to email the PA LCB about this, I think the email addresses look like:
ra-lblicensing@pa.gov
ra-lbconsumer@pa.gov
To me this is about redundancy. There is a PA state store there already and a beer store. The beer store is a small business. How much booze in one corner of a strip shopping center is necessary especially in one instance they would be removing business from their own state store?
Time will tell.