http://bostonist.com/2006/12/28/drinking_all_over_town.php All comments for Drinking All Over Town en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2006/12/28/drinking_all_over_town.php#comment-864562 http://bostonist.com/2006/12/28/drinking_all_over_town.php#comment-864562 Comments Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:41:11 -0500 <p>Interesting—I moved out of Boston right before I hit drinking age, but I know in San Francisco they issue licenses based on population size. I belief SF county has a moratorium on on-premise licenses as of '05. One thing to note is that having a liquor license not only improves business, it increases the actual value of the business dramatically. Since Boston's new licenses can't be sold or transferred, that negates this bonus, which is actually fundamental, considering they are usually quite expensive (I didn't catch how much Boston is charging owners in that article). -JJ</p> http://bostonist.com/2006/12/28/drinking_all_over_town.php#comment-862772 http://bostonist.com/2006/12/28/drinking_all_over_town.php#comment-862772 Comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:38:18 -0500 <p>That's a nice post. I didn't know that the state's touchy relationship to liquor licensing got started that way early in the 20th century. I'd like to find out more about how this developed.</p>