Grocer's beer, wine sales plan stalled

DETROIT -- An upscale grocery store that wants to open in Brush Park and sell beer and wine has the City Council rethinking an ordinance banning stores smaller than 15,000 square feet from selling spirits.

But the law couldn't change until at least July because three government bodies and the public need to weigh in on the issue.

"The reality is it's been legal since the end of Prohibition," City Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr. said of selling alcohol. "In this particular case, we are talking about a full service grocery store."

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