Just when people thought the Target in Columbia Heights had everything, there’s talk of it getting even more.

ANC 1A vice chair Anne Theisen sent a message to the Columbia Heights Yahoo listserve saying Target has applied for a license to sell beer and wine. That application, as well as Rumbero’s application for a sidewalk cafe on 14th Street, will be discussed next Tuesday at the ANC 1A meeting. Most of the responses on the list (myself included) have come out in favor of both applications.

Is there anyone who actually thinks beer and wine at Target would be a bad thing, except for maybe the folks who run the Giant? Sure, there are plenty of other places to buy beer and wine in the neighborhood, but we can’t see anything wrong with potentially cheaper potent potables in a heavily commercial strip. It’s hard to see anyone putting up much of a fuss over this particular liquor license, though we’re curious to get out a measuring stick and see if the 400 ft.-rule might actually apply to either nearby Bell Multicultural High School or Lincoln Middle School. It would likely depend on where the city decided to measure from, the edge of the DCUSA property, or the entrance to the Target on 14th Street. The ANC 1A meeting will be held on Tuesday at the GALA Hispanic Theatre.

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