Santa Rosa County ends Dry County Status
For years, restaurant owner Rick Latour has served his special blackened seafood alfredo at the East Bay Crab House without an accompanying glass of white wine. Latour celebrated Wednesday because he’ll soon be offering the dish as it was meant be – with wine on the side.
Grocery stores and some restaurants in Santa Rosa County can start selling wine as early as this week after a three-month waiting period for legal challenges to the Sept. 6 referendum approving the sales in the county expired. Santa Rosa County was one of the last places in Florida where such sales were banned.
“People want a nice glass of wine with their dinner – it’s real important in this business,” said Latour, who planned a Thursday trip to Pensacola to check the status of his alcohol permit. He’s already hired a bartender for the change.
Joan Scolarici, a transplanted New Yorker who has lived in Gulf Breeze for 31 years, was among the many customers who bought wine at Gulf Breeze Winn-Dixie Wednesday when the store debuted its wine aisle.
Source: TBO.com.
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