“Collingswood is the right place to be,” Dedja said. “In the future we hope there is a chance to have a liquor license. But for now, it’s a dry town.
that will consider phasing in changes in how liquor sales are regulated statewide. The goal is to make more licenses more readily available and less expensive, particularly for mom-and-pop businesses in smaller communities. “The two restaurants really were identical in many respects, but on any given day [revenue] was 30% to 40% higher in Pennsauken, and it was all alcohol,” Cipirani said. “With staff and food costs going up, we saw that ultimately, serving food alone would not be enough.”Collingswood is like any number of older South Jersey and Philadelphia suburbs close to the region’s urban core.