so i want to open a liquor store, in Texas.

[OutHouse]

1. it's pretty complicated to get a liquor license.

can you even get one? some places will only allow X number and you have to wait for one to come on the market by owner selling it or business. then be prepared to get ass raped for how much that little piece of paper will cost you. back east it could be 100K.

 

[Wreckem]

costco does not own it. its operated by a vendor. ever notice you are not asked for your costco card when entering the attached booze store?

I have never been in there.

It just highlights Texas locally governed alcohol laws. Arlington only allowed liquor stores inside city limits this past spring.

Here is the list of wet, dry and partially dry cities/counties in Texas.

https://www.tabc.state.tx.us/local_option_elections/CntyWet_DryStatus.xls

 

[minendo]

There are a lot of towns/counties in West Texas that were dry and went wet over the past ~6 years.

Since he said South Plains that means the general vicinity of Lubbock(which includes, Brownfield, Levelland, Plainview, Littlefield, Floydada, and a lot of other really tiny communities). They all went wet a few years ago.

The "strip"(named for its old Vegas style lighting) outside of Lubbock where everyone went to buy any type of booze is no more. Once Lubbock county went wet all the stores closed up(really they moved locations). I saw a number of liquor businesses open and go out of business once Lubbock went wet. Specs opening in Lubbock didn't help matters for the smaller mom/pop liquor stores.

I should have been more clear. My FIL was only in business for a few years, not decades, before Gaines County went wet allowing Stripes to sell beer.

 

[gorb]

The new costco in north fort worth/alliance area carries beer and wine as well.

costco does not own it. its operated by a vendor. ever notice you are not asked for your costco card when entering the attached booze store?

As far as I know you can buy alcohol, prescription medication, and tobacco at any costco without having a membership. You can of course patronize the food court as well. If you tried to buy anything else then you would need a membership card.

 

[gorb]

and yeah specs are popping up all over the place here:
http://www.specsonline.com/cgi-bin/showpage?location=Fort+Worth+Metro

 

[rednas]

costco does not own it. its operated by a vendor. ever notice you are not asked for your costco card when entering the attached booze store?

at any costco regardless of location you can tell them you are there to buy booze and they have to let you in legally.

 

[alkemyst]

The liquor license can cost more than the property.