Two-story ABC Fine Wine & Spirits is coming to Manatee County, development records say
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits is expanding its Manatee County footprint.
The Orlando-based liquor store chain has plans to add a fifth location in the county. According to building records, a two-story ABC Fine Wine & Spirits is planned for the Woods of Moccasin Wallow.
According to development records filed with Manatee County Government, the company’s newest store is coming to 4925 Moccasin Wallow Road, Palmetto. Public records say the store will measure nearly 11,000 square feet.
ABC Liquors Inc., the parent company, bought a vacant lot, where the store is being built, for $1.3 million in March, according to Manatee County property records.
ABC filed paperwork in July that detailed plans for the new store. The application said customers will shop on the first floor, while the second floor is for merchandise operated only by employees via a freight elevator.
The property is located just north of the Shoppes at Moccasin Wallow plaza off 96th Street East.
That shopping center includes Gianni’s Pizza Express, which opened in August, and Corporate Ladder Brewing Company, among others.
Records said the construction of the new ABC Fine Wine & Spirits store would take about six months to complete.
When did ABC begin?
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits began as a bar and package store in 1936 after prohibition ended, according to company history. Jack Holloway founded the first store at the corner of North Orange Avenue and Wall Street in downtown Orlando, company history said.
The original name was Jack Holloway’s Friendly Neighborhood Bar. Eventually, the company changed its name to ABC Liquors and again with the current iteration of ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, according to company history.
There are more than 125 ABC Fine Wine & Spirits located throughout Florida.
This story was originally published January 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM.
