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Pa. to offer curbside service at select liquor stores

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania is starting curbside pickup at liquor stores around the state a month after Gov. Tom Wolf ordered them closed as part of a broader shutdown of businesses deemed nonessential.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced on its website Saturday that stores will begin taking orders by phone on Monday, with each customer limited to no more than six bottles. Curbside pickup will be available at more than 175 of the state’s 600 stores.

Locally, the following stores will be open:

Carbon County: 2 River St., Jim Thorpe. 570-325-8153

Lehigh County:

• Crest Plaza Shopping Center, 1516 N. Cedar Crest Boulevard, Allentown. 610-530-2123

• Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley, 3060 Center Valley Parkway, Center Valley. 610-871-4304

• Hamilton Crossings, 750 N. Krocks Road, Allentown. 610-336-8081

• MacArthur Towne Centre, 2560 MacArthur Road, Whitehall, 610-432-2338

Monroe County: Pocono Village Mall, 3430 Rte. 940, Mount Pocono, 570-839-9586

Northampton County:

• Hellertown Marketplace, 1848 Leithsville Road, Hellertown, 610-838-5683

• 30 E. 4th Street, Bethlehem, 610-861-2109

• Northampton Crossings, 3718 Easton-Nazareth Highway, Easton, 610-258-8597

• Forks Town Center, 341 Town Center Boulevard, Easton, 610-258-4928

• Madison Farms Retail Center, 4817 Freemansburg Avenue, Easton, 610-807-3326

Schuylkill County: 141 N. Railroad St., Tamaqua, 570-952-3370

The closure of the state-owned liquor stores had been widely unpopular, especially with the state’s online ordering system largely unable to keep up with overwhelming consumer demand. The liquor board, which has a virtual monopoly on retail sales of hard alcohol in Pennsylvania, has been repurposing some of the stores to help fulfill online orders.

Under the curbside pickup program, each store will take orders by phone from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — or until the store reaches the maximum number of orders it can fill that day — Monday through Saturday.

“We’re optimistic our capacity to fulfill orders through our website and curbside pickup will increase in the coming weeks,” the agency said on its website.

Producers, breweries, wineries and distilleries, and privately owned beer distributorships have been permitted to sell during the business shutdown. Beer and wine is also available at grocery stores and convenience stores.