I Imagine that Liquor stores were considered essential (they were in Indiana) because a bunch of drunks with the DTs hitting the emergency rooms as well as their wives/girlfriends would have been bad. Also keeping the locked down masses juiced on booze probably helped settle them down. I enjoyed hitting the trails and having to dodge far less people.
And I don't see the OPs point but hope bikes dont get "much more expensive" as I am thinking about buying one next year.