Down here at the pawn shop

[Undertoad]

The councilwoman is trying to target the places that are pretending to be restaurants to get the liquor license

Partly. But this is the ghetto, and the rules are different there. So Steve will tell you, partly because he is a functioning alcoholic and is aware of all places booze can be found:

If you head over to the little deli a block down the street from the pawn shop, the owner there will sell you a shot for $2, if you know about it.

They don't even sell beer. Steve went to the trouble of figuring this out when a lot of pawn shop customers were starting to show up drunk at 10am. Pawn shop customers aren't the sort to plan their booze purchases out way in advance. If they are starting to suddenly show up drunk at 10am, something different is at work.

So some of these aren't actually liquor stores, they aren't controlled at all, and it is considered a problem for the community. But this should be addressed using laws that exist, rather than saying that the deli owners should be killed.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

...the owner there will sell you a shot for $2, if you know about it.

One of the stores here in town will sell you a single cigarette.

If you know about it.