Thirsty Town (Jennifer Dohner photos)
The only liquor store to be occasionally staffed by baby goats.
One by one, the state is killing them all off.
When voters decided to take booze in Washington state out of liquor stores and let every grocery store, Wal-Mart and Costco start stocking hard alcohol, most of the independently owned small stores went under on the spot.
The Coupeville Liquor Store survived a bit longer, but hammered by ridiculous new laws which stole away all the restaurant business and drove prices higher (after promising the opposite), the local watering hole is shutting down.
“I’m not thrilled about it, but not making money either, so time to call it a day,” said owner Pam Smith.
Smith and employees Heidi Castaneda and Jennifer Dohner will be around for a bit more, but just a bit. Then the days of petting baby goats while you picked up a bottle will go by the way side.
Some mark downs and specials will start immediately, but a full close-out won’t happen until September.
Coupeville Sports 
It seems to me that it’s now up to those voters to help find these ladies employment!
So if anyone is hiring, I need a job before September!!!! Great article David, thank you for writing it and using my photos =) CHEERS!
So sad. If people only want cheap we are in for a sad state of affairs. We’ve lost our hardware store, now our liquor store – what’s next?! If you drive for a prescription that are cheaper, drive for gas that is cheaper, groceries that are cheaper – expect the same – one by one we will lose these small town resources.