A brewing battle over alcohol at the Harris Teeter grocery store still under construction in Adams Morgan appears to be coming to a head well before the long awaited store opens.

The D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustments will be asked next week to decide whether the District’s former zoning administrator wrongly authorized Harris Teeter to sell beer and wine out of its location at 17th Street and Kalorama Road NW, which is slated to open in spring 2008 — three years after it was first announced.