Liquor Barn

After the last post, I thought that some of you might be a little confused about the Liquor Barn allusion. For those of you who don't know, Ian and I live in a "moist" town. Now, I'm sure you're asking yourself, "Just what is a moist town???" Well, I'll tell you...

It's not quite dry, but it's not quite wet--it's moist. We can't buy any type of alcohol in a store or by the bottle in a restaurant here in Danville, but we can buy drinks by the glass in restaurants that serve over 100 people and that make 75% of its revenue from food sales (or they're numbers close to that, at least). Now, don't confuse Boyle County with Danville. Only restaurants within the city limits can do this. In a county of almost 28,000 people and in a town of only 15,000, you can imagine that there aren't many restaurants that fall into these categories (4, to be exact--one of which is Applebee's). And we're surrounded completely by other dry counties. I think Kentucky forgot that Prohibition ended. And I think Boyle County has forgotten that some of the best Bourbon in Kentucky is made just two counties over! (Check out Woodford Reserve--if you visit them in person, they'll make you a member of the "Society of Bourbon Spokespersons" and send you a little certificate, which is now proudly displayed in my office.)

So in order for us Danvillians to buy beer, wine, or hard liquor, we have to make a 45 minute trek to Lexington to shop in a place called Liquor Barn* (where we all look like we're a bunch of alcoholics because we're stocking up for the next two months). And it's not even shaped like a barn.

*I have to give props to Liquor Barn, though, because it is a fun place to shop...not only do they have a HUGE amount of alcohol, they sell good deli stuff (like prosciutto and jamon serrano) and cheeses and the frou frou foods that I miss buying from Weaver Street in Carrboro, NC.