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Corner-market founder seeks city approval for beer-and-wine sales ahead of weekend soft opening
Summary
Owner Kareem Miller told the council his Street Corner Urban Market franchise at 1851 Market St. plans a Saturday soft opening and described staff training and ID-scan safeguards for beer-and-wine retail; council will decide the license at the April 6 meeting.
Kareem Miller, owner of Rock Properties LLC, presented a request for an alcoholic-beverage retail license (wine and malt beverages) for Street Corner Urban Market at 1851 Market Street. Miller described the concept as a mix of convenience and higher-quality food offerings — "a crossbreed between 7-Eleven and Whole Foods" — and said the store will serve hot food and prepared items adjacent to new apartments.
Miller outlined three tiers of staff training focused on age verification, ID display policies and a point-of-sale ID-scan function that prevents alcohol sales without a scanned valid ID. "We also have a scan ID. In our point of sale system, you cannot sell alcohol, tobacco without scanning the ID... I disabled the override," Miller said, explaining the system will block sales if a valid ID is not scanned.
Miller told council the store planned a soft opening the coming Saturday at 10:00 a.m. and expected a later grand opening. Council members asked about training and community impacts; no opposition appeared during the work session. The license will be considered at the April 6 voting meeting.
