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CHAUTAUQUA STAR FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2013
the price is Right at Gentleman Jack’s By Erica Yunghans Star Contributing Writer
Gentleman Jack’s East Main Liquors in Fredonia is located at 19 East Main Street in Fredonia featuring a wide assortment of locally produced wines as well as popular name brand liquors and wine. Photo by Steven Yunghans
For a town that once boasted a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for the number of bars it had, there aren’t very many liquor stores. Gentleman Jack’s East Main Liquors at 19 East Main Street in Fredonia is one of those stores and will be celebrating a grand opening under new ownership and management at the end of August. Co-owners Tracy and James Schulenberg decided to buy the store and the building after it had been on the market some time. “It’s been for sale and it sounded like it would be fun, interesting,” Tracy said. “The price (of the building) just kept going down, lower and lower,” James added. Gentleman Jack’s is also the neighborhood liquor store, fitting right into the character of the block of businesses on East Main. “We live right down the street,” Tracy said. “It’s real close to home and it sounded like something we would enjoy doing.” The space was previously known as Heenan’s East Main Liquors before the Schulenburgs bought the building including the storefront. The new owners replenished the store’s stock, which proved to be a worth-while effort, giving them the chance to customize what they have for
sale based on input from customers. “We do a lot of requests.” Tracy said. “If somebody can’t find something we’ll fi nd it.” she added. “That’s why we waited so long to do a grand opening because (the store) was empty and it takes a while to build up the inventory.” “Half our store is from requests,” James added. A number of the customers who have come in to the store have been from the surrounding region, the Schulenbergs said. Customers have come from Cassadaga, South Dayton, and elsewhere to fi nd what they were looking for. Gentleman Jack’s also features a wide variety of wines from most of the wineries in the region. “Nearly one whole wall of the store is from wineries around here,” James said. Gentleman Jack’s East Main Liquors store hours are 9 a.m., until 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday and noon until 6 p.m., on Sunday. Their grand opening celebration, which will feature 10 percent off a customer’s entire purchase and free wine tasting, will be Thursday, Aug. 29 through Sunday, Sept. 1.
Featuring a wide variety of locally produced wines and popular brand names of spirits, Gentleman Jack’s East Main Liquors in Fredonia is open for business and gearing up for a Grand Opening Celebration at the end of August. Photo by Steven Yunghans
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1 9 E a st M ain Street , Fredonia , N Y 140 63
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Grand Opening Und e r N e w O w n e r s hip 10% Off Total Purchase ‘Everyday Low Prices’ Free Wine Tasting 8/29 - 9/1