The SunBreak » 1183

Tracking Liquor Prices in Liquor Stores Large and Small

Sophie Pattison — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:59:48 +0000

Do certain stores, large or small, chain or independent, sell liquor at better prices than others? To find out, we compared the cheapest fifth of vodka, rum, tequila, gin, and whiskey at grocery and big box stores (for simplicity’s sake, we did not distinguish between Scotch, bourbon, etc., and instead just included the cheapest whiskey we could find—usually Canadian) at various outlets.

Prohibition Ends in Washington! Where’s My Booze At?

Seth Kolloen — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:24:08 +0000

As you may by now have heard, Washington voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 1183! This historic vote ends our state government's unAmerican monopoly on liquor sales and/or turns our state's highways into a giant game of drunken bumper cars, depending on if you work for Costco or not. Of course, the question you and I want to know is: When is Safeway going to start selling me some damn George Dickel?