Charles Village Schnapp Shop

The folks who run this place are great. I love stopping in to grab whatever I might need. More often than not I can find it. No pretension whatsoever. $ 10 minimum for credit cards. Really prefer it to Eddie’s Liquors.

Nice selection of craft beers and locals. Several types of Brewers Art, Public Works, Flying Dog. Some good liquids and things like… cereal? Candy? Probably Jane Schnapps too

The Schnapp Shop is pretty much the best ever. They carry useful stuff and the owners are super nice. It’s nice that they’re open so long every day with only two people running the place. I think they both deserve a vacation!
There is a $ 10 minimum for credit cards (without a $ 0.50 fee). This is because it costs a business money to run your card and is really not that big of a deal. If you’re a Hopkins student complaining that you can’t just buy a 40 oz to be ironic without being charged the extra $ 0.50, you should probably go back to your dorm and study since your parents are being fiscally destroyed by your education.
But I digress… I love the Schnapp Shop. It’s convenient and amazing and I’m pretty sure the alcoholic in the basement of my building really loves the short walk.
Try the Panda toilet paper, it will pamper your bum!

Good wine at a good price. Owners are really nice. Wish they were open later, though.

They have everything… almost and the prices and hours are good. There is a credit card fee of .50 cents if you charge for under 10.00, but if you do not like the fee just use the ATM in the corner. Super friendly and family owned and ran– I love this place.

I’m strangely in love with this place. I’m not entirely sure why but even though Eddie’s Liquors is closer to my house I’ll often walk the extra few blocks to Schnapp Shop because I just like the place. Maybe it’s the super friendly employees or the strange but welcome assortment of all of those random little things you need but forget to buy at the store (laundry detergent? Check. A mop? Got you covered!). Prices are good, selection is good, and you have to be buzzed in which makes me feel super cool.

This place smells like a coffin.

It’s like they had college students in mind when they built it. It sells tons of liquor, beer (some of which is good stuff, actually — Moosehead, Old Dominion, Kona Brewing Co., Magic Hat, various microbrews), and cheap wine, but also makes sure to stock chips, gatorade, mac’n’cheese, cereal, Cheez-​Its, and other dorm necessities.
The store is Korean (I’m guessing) run, and they’ll do their best to order something specific for you if you’re a regular and they think it’ll sell.
I give it three stars because it’s in a busy area where parking can be hard to come by, especially after 5pm, and because there’s a $ 10 minimum on credit cards, which they don’t budge on. Further, the prices of the snacks/​sodas are increased a bit, which is odd, considering they have the credit card minimum.
At least they keep kids and drunks out of the store by having a buzz-​in system.

I inexplicably love the Schnapp Shop. I think it’s because I get to be buzzed in. It makes me feel like I’ve been screened and accepted.
All of your alcohol-​related needs are here: a small but excellent selection of American beers (Magic Hat, Old Dominion, etc.), a small and slightly less excellent but still serviceable selection of cheap wines, racks of ‘Stones and other watery beers for mass consumption, liquor, mixers, a surprisingly varied range of 40s, pong balls (no ping pong paddles), frozen novelties, and other awesome delights. The staff are friendly.

First of all the name is so classic, it says it all. This is the local convenience store [or as is said in Michigan ‘party store’]. Anytime you run out of milk, need some butter or sugar, you can just bop right down the street to this local mart. The owners are very friendly, and the customers even know one another. They have a good selection of beer, and wine for the size of the store, and the location on the corner of Calvert and 30^th streets makes it a must stop Schnapp Shop.