No Two Buck Chuck at Brooklyn Trader Joe’s

The new Trader Joe’s coming to the landmark Independence Bank building at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street will have most of the features familiar to Trader Joe’s shoppers.

But one important category will be missing.

According to a company spokesperson, this location won’t be selling alcohol. I’m guessing that has to do with New York State liquor regulations. In California, for instance, all supermarkets sell wine.

I know Trader Joe’s because of all my visits to the relatives in Northern California and we almost always buy wine there. In fact, my mother-in-law is a big fan of Two Buck Chuck, the really cheap wine they sell.

But cheap isn’t necessarily bad. Sometimes Two Buck is a really tasty wine. Sometimes it’s plain awful. Some of the slightly higher priced wines are more dependable.

But sorry folks. You won’t have that experience. Because the Brooklyn store will be sans wine.

2 thoughts on “No Two Buck Chuck at Brooklyn Trader Joe’s”

  1. Yes, New York laws prohibit the same business entity selling alcohol and anything else on the same premises. That’s why at Costco, the liquor franchise isn’t actually Costco’s own (which is too bad, as they apparently have very knowledgeable buyers, and of course scale for days)

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