Liquor license among items auctioned off at Ridgewood’s former Harding Pharmacy and Liquor
January 15, 2015, 6:32 PM Last updated: Thursday, January 15, 2015, 6:42 PM
By CHRIS HARRIS
RIDGEWOOD — Reading glasses, New York Jets key chains, nutritional supplements, cash registers and lots of wine. If it was inside the former Harding Pharmacy and Liquor on Thursday, it was up for grabs.
But it was a coveted liquor license that drew the most attention at an auction staged inside the 70-year-old store — selling for $255,000.
It took 10 bidders less than 5 minutes to battle it out for the right to sell booze to Ridgewood’s residents.
Ultimately, the liquor license went to Jonathan Davis, who said he was at the auction representing Maple Avenue Liquors.
Davis is a senior vice president at Woodbridge’s Onyx Equities, a real estate investment firm which owns several office and retail spaces in Ridgewood and is spearheading The Enclave, a 52-unit housing development proposed for East Ridgewood and North Maple avenues.