A contingent from Progress Dallas, the group working toward making alcohol sales legal everywhere in Dallas, came to our offices last week to talk to us about the wet/dry petition.

I asked what I think is the most important question: If Oak Cliff goes wet, do you think grocery stores would be more likely to build in Oak Cliff?

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Kroger spokesman Gary Huddleston said stores in cities that have gone wet, like in Irving, have seen dramatic increases in sales. They think it’s because when people can buy a bottle of wine, they’ll also buy more groceries for some reason.

And that could create an incentive for grocers to develop in Oak Cliff.

“We have a store in Oak Cliff, in the Wynnewood shopping center,” Huddleston says. “And we could improve the Oak Cliff store if sales increase.”