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Beacon Hill market to get just third family owning since it opened more than a century ago
By adamg on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 1:43pm
The Boston Licensing Board today approved Stuart Eicoff's plan to sell his Beacon Capitol Market, 32 Myrtle St. on Beacon Hill, to Lalit Verma, who also owns the Wild Duck liquor store on Massachusetts Avenue in the Back Bay.
If also approved by the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, Verma will be just the third family name to be listed on the ownership records of the small market, which has a full liquor license. The store was started in 1916 by the Goldberg brothers. Some 60 years later, the last surviving Goldberg brother sold the market to Eicoff's father, Daniel, who later handed it down to his son.
At a hearing yesterday, Verma's attorney, Joseph Tarby, read a letter from Eicoff saying Verma would prove a good steward of the store's long history, "in this neighborhood that deserves no less."
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Beacon Hill has a Grocery Store/Supermarket that sells liquor? I thought that was illegal in Massachusetts with the exception of Convenience stores.
I would call this one a
I would call this one a convenience store, it’s really quite small. I hope they don’t change much though, it’s a perfect convenience store!
It’s a little convenience store.
From back before there were supermarkets.
I walk by occasionally. Nice to now know the history of ownership.
Stu is great
He works hard, provides necessaries to his clientele, some of whom live in the elderly housing across the street and have limited ability to get around. The place is a friendly little community hub. He has employed some neighbors who for various reasons might not fit in easily in other retail jobs, but who are always a friendly presence. I’ll be very sorry to see him go, but he has certainly earned his retirement.
There are plenty of grocery stores that sell liquor
Pemberton Farms in Cambridge and Wegmans in Medford are the first two that come to my mind, but there are many others.
Historically, Massachusetts had strict and low limits on how many licenses one owner could hold statewide. This led to most chain supermarkets not selling liquor. The limits have gradually been raised over the past few years.