Haddon Heights will have two liquor licenses to sell after voters in this South Jersey suburb decide that its century-old alcohol ban should be a thing of the past.
Joe Gentile, owner of Tanner Brewing Co., in the main tasting room of his brewery in downtown Haddon Heights. Voters in the historically "dry" town said yes to restaurant liquor licenses in the recent election.When residents of Haddon Heights voted last month to end a 120-year-old de facto ban on liquor sales, the borough became the latest South Jersey community to bid goodbye to dry.
“Am I a supporter of having liquor licenses? Yes, of course,” said Gentile, who also is a partner in the Reunion Hall indoor/outdoor tavern on Haddon Avenue in Westmont. The legislation does not provide for an immediate adjustment in the number of available licenses by loosening the population-based cap — one license for every 3,000 residents. Nor were the reforms concerned with dry towns.
Collingswood Mayor Jim Maley said the borough has more than 20 restaurants, many of them downtown, but would be eligible for only three or four liquor licenses under current state allocation standards. “Being in a dry town, we’re not competing with alcohol . We are a bar setting where there aren’t any bars,” Lewis said.“We’re don’t have a downtown like Collingswood or Haddonfield,” said longtime Haddon Heights resident Bob Hunter. “We’ve got a two-block downtown, and parking is an issue.”
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