New liquor store to open on Mission Street this summer

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A new party store will open on Mission Street early this summer.

Fouad Senni, owner of Country Vineyard, 1506 W. High St., and Preferred Systems Inc, 1510 W. High St., has the liquor license for the next business he plans to open.

Mission Store, 1022 S. Mission St., will open at the end of May or in early June, whenever the freezers arrive so the store can be stocked, Senni said.

“I don’t know exactly when it will be open,” Senni said of the store. “I’m taking my time because I’m getting ready for next fall.”

This will be one of many liquor stores that are within walking distance of Central Michigan University’s campus, one of which is Liquor 1 Inc., 1707 S. Mission St.

Sandeep Singh, manager of that store, said he was unsure how a new store would affect his business. The location for Liquor 1 is ideal, he said, because it is the only liquor store directly across from campus.

“If someone is coming from the west they always come here,” Singh said. “(But) you never know about these things in business.”

Mission Store will not be as food-focused as Country Vineyard, but it will stock other products such as milk, cheese, candy and gum, Senni said.

Mission Store will join the Book Shelf, a book store, in filling the two storefronts in the strip mall between Mount Pleasant Sewing Center and Quilt Shop, 1024 S. Mission St., and AutoZone, 1010 S. Mission Street, that have been empty since Elizabeth’s Elegant Bridal closed in September and Videoland closed last spring.

Shirley Thompson, Mount Pleasant Sewing Center and Quilt Shop owner, said the more businesses there are in the area, the better it is for all the businesses.

“Right next door there is a liquor store coming, it’s all good,” she said.