Liquor stores were open for the serious alcoholics. Cutting off all alcohol all at once would result in a not insignificant number of ppl having DTs when hospitals were already full.

Liquor stores were essential simply bc it kept extra pressure off of the medical world.

Alcohol withdrawals are not fun and games... And depending on dependency... You can die.

Dunkin donuts was considered essential bc it's food. And bc no one gives a shit about minimum wage workers.