A bag of tomatoes, a loaf of bread and... a sip of B.C. wine?
Farmers' market vendors in Port Coquitlam will be serving up more than just their regular fresh fare this summer.
Last week, the city issued a temporary use permit to the market operators, Haney Farmers Market Society, to allow packaged liquor sales as well as free alcohol tastings.
City staff say sales and tastings of B.C. wines, beers and spirits will be limited to three vendors a week at the market, which runs on Thursdays from June to September at the Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside PoCo city hall).
The move is seen as progressive, said councillors Glenn Pollock and Mike Forrest, who approved the permit at last Thursday's smart growth committee meeting.
Laura Lee Richard, PoCo's director of development services, said neighbouring property owners and residents were given the chance to comment on the permit but the city received no feedback before the committee decision.
PoCo's approval comes as the provincial government updates its liquor laws in an attempt to make them more modern and flexible. Legislation was introduced last week in response to the Liquor Policy Review last year.
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