Some convenience stores still waiting for beverage alcohol shipments
If you can’t make it to the LCBO before closing time, people living in Niagara-on-the-Lake now have more options for where to buy their booze.
As of Sept. 5, more than 4,000 convenience stores across Ontario are licensed to sell alcohol.
Newly licensed locations in Niagara-on-the-Lake are NOTLers’ General Store, Petro-Canada Gas on Missassagua Street, Avondale locations in Old Town and Virgil and Skyway Truck Stop (Husky).
Supplies, however, may be limited for the time being: some of these licensed stores say it may take the remainder of the month for them to have a variety of, or any, alcohol for sale.
Nikita Hingmire, who works at Petro-Canada, told The Lake Report that the store only has beer available for purchase currently and she does not know when to expect a delivery of wine and other drinks.
Though licensed to sell beer, cider, wine and ready-to-drink beverages, Avondale in Old Town suspects it won’t be ready to sell until later in September.
Staff at Avondale in Old Town said a shipment is expected sometime later this month, but could not confirm an exact date.
The Avondale location on York Road in St. Davids is not licensed yet, but staff said they expect to be selling alcohol by early October.
For more information and licensed locations in province, visit the interactive map on Ontario’s provincial website.