Amazon looks to start delivering alcohol in San Francisco

Amazon could soon be delivering booze to those living in San Francisco.

The online retailing giant has filed a licensing request with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to allow the company to sell beer, wine and hard liquor in the city. If approved, Amazon plans to start delivering alcohol from its Prime Now warehouse in San Francisco, possibly within a matter of months.

The San Francisco Business Times reported that Amazon made the filing to supervisors April 10. According to the filing, which came from the law firm of Strike & Techel, Amazon also intends on opening a 200-square-foot storefront from which consumers could buy alcohol directly, in addition to operating its delivery service.

If the filing is approved, Amazon said it would operate its storefront from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. daily, while deliveries would be made from 8 a.m. until midnight every day.

San Francisco would join cities such as Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Washington, D.C., as places where Amazon makes alcohol deliveries, if supervisors give their thumbs up to the proposal. Amazon originally applied for the necessary alcohol-selling license with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s San Francisco district office in December.