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Looking for a solid liquor store, around Wicker Park
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    Post #1 - December 5th, 2009, 11:32 am
    Post #1 - December 5th, 2009, 11:32 am Post #1 - December 5th, 2009, 11:32 am
    Looked back over the posts in this forum over the past year or so and couldn't find a thread recommending good places to buy spirits and other bar essentials. Not looking to pick up 1.5L of Smirnoff, but a solid shop that carries more than one brand of rye, some mezcals, various liqueurs, bitters, etc. Does Binny's have stuff like this? I haven't looked.

    Near Wicker Park would be great, but I'm willing to drive a bit.

    My bar has been languishing for far too long, and I need to remedy this.
  • Post #2 - December 6th, 2009, 9:53 am
    Post #2 - December 6th, 2009, 9:53 am Post #2 - December 6th, 2009, 9:53 am
    Lush Wine and Spirits just opened an outpost at Chicago and Noble in West Town -- 1412 W. Chicago Ave -- not far from Wicker Park. Will not be a one-stop kind of place and the prices can be on the high side, but a very well-curated selection of liquors (+ beers and wines), if the other stores are any indication.

    Binny's has a good selection of most different liquor types, probably the greatest breadth of any liquor store in town (although not necessarily across all categories), including probably 15-20 different ryes, from Old Overholt up to some Hirsch bottling that runs north of $100. I imagine either the Grand Ave. store or the former Sam's location on Marcey St. is closest to you, but each would be a drive.

    Not sure Binny's has the best selection of bitters (they certainly have the basics like Peychaud's and Angostura). Consensus amongst those I've spoken to seems to be that Drinks Over Dearborn has the best bricks-and-mortar selection of bitters.

    Perhaps others are aware of a good, basic liquor store in the immediate Wicker Park area.

    Lush Wine & Spirits
    1412 West Chicago Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60642
    312-666-6900

    Binny's Beverage Depot
    213 W. Grand Ave.
    Chicago, IL 60654
    312-332-0012

    1720 N. Marcey St.
    Chicago, IL 60614
    312-664-4394

    Drinks Over Dearborn
    650 N. Dearborn St. (at Erie), 2nd Floor
    Chicago, IL 60654
    312-337-9463

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