Under a set of proposed rules approved by the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, pharmacies won’t be able to sell beer or wine unless they start offering a lot more food for sale.

Walgreens is a pharmacy. Or is it a grocery store? What exactly the retailer qualifies for is at the center of a fight over whether a Van Ness outlet will be able to sell beer and wine.

You might remember reading about the Divine Mercy Care pharmacy, a new Catholic retail pharmacy planned for a location near Route 50 in Chantilly, Va., in the Post back in June. Well yesterday the ‘Pro-life’ pharmacy opened to the public, after having been blessed by a Catholic bishop. The concept behind the store is that it’s just like any other pharmacy, except they won’t sell birth control pills, condoms, or the morning after pill. They…