A two-story liquor store is opening in Florida. Here’s what to know about the plans
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits is expanding its Florida footprint — and it will be vertical.
The Orlando-based liquor store chain is planning a two-story ABC Fine Wine & Spirits near Bradenton in Oalmetto, according to Manatee County building records. County plans say the store will span nearly 11,000 square feet, about a quarter of the size of a Publix, across the two floors.
ABC Liquors Inc., the parent company, bought a vacant lot, where the store is being built, for $1.3 million in March, according to Manatee County property records.
ABC filed paperwork in July that detailed plans for the new store. The application said customers will shop on the first floor, and the second floor will be for merchandise and a freight elevator.
The property is located just north of the Shoppes at Moccasin Wallow plaza that includes Gianni’s Pizza Express, which opened in August, and Corporate Ladder Brewing Company.
Records said the construction of the new ABC Fine Wine & Spirits store would take about six months to complete.
When did ABC begin?
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits began as a bar and package store in 1936 after prohibition ended, according to company history. Jack Holloway founded the first store at the corner of North Orange Avenue and Wall Street in downtown Orlando, company history said.
The original name was Jack Holloway’s Friendly Neighborhood Bar. Eventually, the company changed its name to ABC Liquors and again with the current iteration of ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, according to company history.
There are more than 125 ABC Fine Wine & Spirits located throughout Florida, including Miami-Dade and Broward..
