Inverary is wet again!

Jeff Green | Nov 03, 2016

Six months after losing its liquor store, Inverary has an outlet once again.

Reta Azulay, the owner/manager of Northway Home Hardware on Perth Road, leased the space where the store had been located before it closed when the leaseholder retired in March, and after six months of negotiations with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), the new store opened on Tuesday, November 1 at 9 am

“This is something that is really good for the local community. A lot of people don’t want to go to Kingston all the time, and even those who work in Kingston are eager to leave town as soon as they are done work. They can now pick up beer, wine and spirits on their way home again,” she said.

Azulay was happy that the store will be open the weekend before hunting season. The liquor store has its own entrance, but is attached to the rest of the hardware store next to the outdoors section, which is very popular in the week or two before the two-week rifle hunting season for deer.

“This will be good for the hunters, and for us this weekend,” she said.

The store is stocked with standard brand favourites, and Northway staff will be monitoring sales and listening to suggestions from customers as they make their weekly orders in the run up to the Christmas season.

“We don't have a lot of space so we aren't going to carry the variety of a corporate LCBO store,” she said, “but we have enough room to bring in the products that our customers want.”

Northway is a full service hardware store, and operates a lumber yard as well.

“The liquor store fits in with our goal of providing products that suit the needs of our customers and the rural community in the surrounding region,” said Azulay, “and opening it is part of the rebirth of Inverary, with new houses, new subdivisions being built all around here. It is a good thing for us.”