Bottled-up stress finds an outlet in alcohol sales
NEW YORK-Spirits shaken by coronavirus? Add some ice and pour out a "quarantini".
Or two, or three-alcohol sales are skyrocketing in New York where liquor stores have been deemed "essential" even as most businesses closed.
Daniel Tallman of Manhattan's Sutton Wine Shop said sales have jumped threefold on some days, pointing to the closure of Broadway and the cancellation of the major college basketball "March Madness" tournament as turning points.