Re: any one own /owned a liquor store ?
Never owned one, but I had neighbors for a few years that did. Outside of the fact that it took a LOT of work, they seemed to be happy enough with it, I suppose. It's a lot like any business in that it takes a ton of hard work and effort to make it successful, but you get out of it what you put into it. Never made them rich, but they were comfortably middle class. The only thing I think he regretted was the amount of time he had to work as evidently the normal work week is about 80 hours long, lol.
What got you thinking about this idea? is it something you've always wanted to do? Seems like it's a "high inventory" business that requires some serious out-of-pocket money to get started.