As of yesterday, Burlington’s got a greatly expanded LCBO to serve its lakefront.
The
Maple Mews Plaza location, closed for several months, re-opened yesterday with 30 per cent more space.
According to LCBO spokeswoman Sally Ritchie, the Board’s calculated that the store will serve a population of about 87,000 Burlingtonians, a population that’s expected to increase by about 8 per cent over the next decade.
"In the specific case of the Burlington store in the Maple Mews Plaza," says Ritchie on the subject of the expansion, "our planners were very satisfied with the current location, where the store has been since January 4, 1994. The plaza has other retailers which complement our store, such as Longo’s grocery store."
The store had been closed since Feb. 4.
The re-opened store has 7,400 square feet of selling space, with 1,940 regular varieties of drink, in addition to 215 Vintages and 345 VQA wines. There’s also a refrigerated beer room, an increasingly popular feature of new and renovated LCBO stores.
This being lakeshore Burlington, there will also be two full-time product consultants, who are there to advise customers on things like cellaring and bar-stocking.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Sally Ritchie