RemarkableDisaster92 t1_iwt7vd0 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 4:05 AM

Reply to comment by FrothytheDischarge in What’s this about? *Walgreens in Gig Harbor* by discodawg02

You forgot to mention that prior to Costco you could only buy from WA. State liquor Control Board (the state government owned and operated all the liquor stores). And when that law passed the state was required to either sell or close the stores owned and operated by the state. The law also stated that you had to have at least 10,000 square feet of retail sales space.

[deleted] t1_iwtbeqv wrote on November 18, 2022 at 4:38 AM

The state also had lots of small stores around the state that sold liquor - I guess acting as an agent of the state, keeping sales separate.

RemarkableDisaster92 t1_iwtbv14 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 4:42 AM

I don't know what it was like on the Westside of Washington but whe i was in Eastern Washington you could only buy from the state there weren't any private owned stores that I was aware of.

[deleted] t1_iwtdppo wrote on November 18, 2022 at 5:01 AM

There were contract stores all over the state that sold state liquor:

"...contract stores that sold spirits for the state in less populated areas... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608622/

Like the little store in "downtown" Roslyn that had liquor on the wall behind the counter. Or the grocery store out in Ilwaco that had a gated off section to sell alcohol.