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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the article about it:

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/news/montgomery-countys-liquor-store-in-chevy-chase-to-close-sunday/

"The location, steps from the Friendship Heights Metro station and Washington, D.C., line, was criticized in a 2014 report commissioned by the DLC that revealed it lost $278,431 in 2013. It was the only one of the county’s 22 retail locations to lose money that year. The report recommended closing the store once its lease ended."

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I would wager a guess and say that was because it was a horrible location. Invisible from the street and located in a neighborhood that is like 90% elderly retirees, pus in a brand new building so the rent was probably sky high. As far as I can tell MoCo DLC has little or no advertising budget so they certainly didn't put any effort into letting people know that store even existed.  As the article you linked states, it was the only county store to lose money, all the rest are doing fine.  [/quote]
+1 and the parking at that shopping center is a horrible PITA. I would never go there to get a case of wine and have to put it to my car. There’s really not a great place for a liquor store on the MD side of Friendship Heights anymore.[/quote]

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