Town Hall Liquors, located on Route 1 across from The Varsity, started accepting credit cards on May 8 after changing ownership earlier that week.
The bar and liquor store had been on the market for a few years, bartender William Key said, and the credit card system was implemented just days after the new management took over.
“We had the issue before in the past where people would come in, find out that it’s cash only and that would deter them from purchasing liquor,” Key said.
In addition to taking credit cards, the bar and liquor store will introduce new flavors of Cîroc, Smirnoff and Crown Royal brand liquors, Key said.
Lucas Scott, a 2016 University of Maryland alumnus, said as a student, he would go to Town Hall about twice a month.
“It was just with our small group of five to six people,” Scott said. “I think the appeal was somewhere we could talk, it was quiet.”
He said the cash-only policy was personally not an inconvenience to him because of the ATM there.
Many of the people who frequent Town Hall, especially during the day, are not students from this university, Key said. However, he noted Wednesday nights have become popular with graduate students, while Friday nights are popular with both undergraduate and graduate students.
Staff writer Evan Berkowitz contributed to this report.
