There’s a new area for North Alabama locals to booze and browse.

Residents will have an easier time going out in Historic Downtown Madison. The area was just designated as an “entertainment district,” which means you can take alcoholic drinks to go from restaurants into the neighboring stores.

“I had a family member a few months ago tell me, ‘I want to eat at Old Black Bear the other day, I wish I could have taken my cocktail at the bar at Old Black Bear and gone shopping and Lemon and Lavender and Noble Passage,’” said Madison Chamber of Commerce President Michelle Epling. “I really think our retail stores are missing out on some sales opportunities by not being able to take their drinks and go shop up and down. So I am so excited about this to make one of my family members’ dreams come

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