17 convenience stores and gas stations in Fort Erie licensed to sell booze
September 5, 2024 at 2:48 PM
More than 4,000 gas stations and convenience stores across Ontario are now licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, and 17 of them are in Greater Fort Erie.
Stores approved through the licensing process are legally able to sell beer, cider, wine and ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages, marking the largest expansion of consumer choice and convenience in provincial alcohol sales since the end of prohibition almost 100 years ago, reads a news release from the provincial government.
At least 20 per cent of the beverages on display in grocery and convenience stores must be produced by craft producers, the province said.
In Fort Erie, the following sites have active licenses:
- Avondale, 1201 Garrison Rd., Fort Erie, ON L2A 1N8
- Avondale, 1620 Dominion Rd., Ridgeway, ON L0S 1N0
- Avondale, 3860 Dominion Rd., Ridgeway, ON L0S 1N0
- Bertie Convenience, 133 Bertie St, Fort Erie, ON L2A 1Y7
- Canadian Tire Gas+, 255 Garrison Rd., Fort Erie, ON L2A 1M9
- Crystal Mart, 74 Queens Cir., Crystal Beach, ON L0S 1B0
- Dominion Mart, 3586 Dominion Rd., Ridgeway, ON L0S 1N0
- Erie Beach Variety, 97 Albert St., Fort Erie, ON L2A 5K9
- Esso, 320 Bertie St., Fort Erie, ON L2A 6V4
- Esso, 1645 N Service Rd., Fort Erie, ON L2A 5M4
- Garrison Mart, 1235 Garrison Rd., Fort Erie, ON L2A 1P2
- Ineson’s Variety, 235 Gilmore Rd., Fort Erie, ON L2A 2M2
- Lucky 7, 336 Phipps St., Fort Erie, ON L2A 2V8
- Petro-Canada, 1326 Garrison Rd., Fort Erie, ON L2A 1P1
- Ridgeway Variety, 3697 Dominion Rd., Ridgeway, ON L0S 1N0
- Shell Canada, 275 Gorham Rd., Ridgeway, ON L0S 1N0
- Sobeys, 450 Garrison Rd., Fort Erie, ON L2A 1N2
- Ultramar, 3870 Garrison Rd., Ridgeway, ON L0S 1N0
Over time, Ontario’s new “more open marketplace” will introduce up to an estimated 8,500 new stores where these products can be sold, the provincial government said.
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