Staff Reports
Lobbyists, lawmakers and others will “be celebrating”: ABC Fine Wines & Spirits has reopened its midtown Tallahassee store on Thomasville Road.
The location, closed since March 1, opened its doors again Friday after a demolition and new construction that cost the Orlando-based company over $2 million.
It was the first store to go “completely dark” in the company’s 81-year history, said Butch Devlin, ABC’s senior vice president. Now, a lighted sign with the ABC motto, “Always Be Celebrating,” greets customers as they walk in.
It’s been long frequented by players in The Process, mainly for wines: “This is a great wine store for us, and a great community to be in,” Devlin said.
The new store on the same site now boasts a more open, 10,000-square-foot layout, a taller ceiling, bigger cigar humidor and a new walk-in cooler for beer cases.
It has a central “activity center” where customers can buy and fill glass craft-beer “growlers” or the can variety known as “crowlers.” Wine and spirit tastings also will be held there.
ABC, which has 125 stores across the state, plans to renovate 12 more.
The midtown store, at 1930 Thomasville Road, is open seven days a week: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday.
