A supermarket and a restaurant in Queen Creek are asking the state for liquor licenses.
Recently, the Queen Creek Town Council approved sending recommendations to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control for a Safeway and the restaurant Your Pie Pizza.
The Safeway currently under construction at 22983 E. Riggs Road is seeking a Series 9 liquor store license, while Your Pie Pizza at 24950 S. 206th St. in Pecan Lake Entertainment is requesting a Series 12 restaurant liquor license.
The council approved the recommendations in a 6-0 vote. Mayor Julia Wheatley is on a leave of absence until late fall.
The recommendations were part of the council’s public consent agenda in which all items are voted on with one motion and vote following a public hearing.
According to the application for Safeway, the store is expected to be completed by Jan. 7, 2026. The Series 9 license is a “quota” license available only through the Liquor License Lottery or for purchase on the open market.
“Once issued, this liquor license is transferable from person to person and/or location to location within the same county and allows a spirituous liquor store retailer to sell all types of spirituous liquors, only in the original unbroken package,” according to a staff report.
The Queen Creek Police Department found no cause to prevent or disqualify Safeway from moving forward with licensing.
Your Pie Pizza, owned by Pecan Lake Entertainment, is requesting a new Series 12 “non-transferable, on-sale retail privileges liquor license (that) allows the holder … to sell and serve all types of spirituous liquor solely for consumption on the premises of an establishment,” the report stated.
The holder of a Series 12 license must derive at least 40% of its gross revenue from the sale of food.
“Failure to meet the 40% food requirement may result in revocation of the license,” the report continued.
A report from QCPD is pending.
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Meet Janet Janet Perez joined Independent Newsmedia as editor of the Queen Creek Independent and Florence Independent in 2020. She started her career in 1989 with the Gannett-owned El Paso Times. In 1992, she moved to Tempe and has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio and television. She left Arizona for three years to work at New Mexico State University and Baylor University before returning to work at Arizona State University. Missing the business, she went back to journalism in 2017.
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