Dunmor’s

Open till midnight every night. Very convenient. It looks like a small house on the corner of Woodmont ave and cordell! They have a cooler in the back too to store MORE beer and wine! Can’t go wrong with a place like this if your looking to stay in!

I wouldn’t have even known that this place was called Dunmor’s if it wasn’t for my bank statement. ‘Round these parts it’s known simply as ‘The Beer House’ due to the fact that Dunmor’s is located in cute little house, complete with front porch– vastly different than the surrounding high rises that the store serves.
The place is packed from floor to ceiling with wine, and they’ve got a decent selection. A little pricey, maybe, but that’s the name of the game in downtown Bethesda. Their beer selection is pretty good too, and they’ve got a cooler full of non-​alcoholic sodas, juices and mixes which is nice. The staff is friendly and if you frequent the store, they remember who you are. There’s a small parking lot behind the store, which is awesome. No need for quarters or parking tickets if you just want to stop in for a bottle of wine on your way home from work.

What can I say about Dunmor’s? Has a parking lot which makes is super convenient if you are in need of picking up a 6 pack or a bottle of wine before a party. Open pretty late and has a pretty wide selection of beer and wine for such a small store. Store clerks are always nice and ready to help you. I think the prices are good for the area.

We lovingly refer to Dunmor’s as the «Beer Hut.» They get all of our beer/​wine business, as the store about a block from our apartment. The guys working there usually keep to themselves, but are very knowledgeable about the selection if you ask. We appreciate the convenience and unexpected selection. Minus one point… they don’t ALWAYS carry framboise.

it’s 11:52 PM on a sunday/​monday/​tuesday, whatever, you’ve got a buzz, you want to drink more, you’re out of booze, you’ve either just left the bar or don’t plan on getting there for last call at 12:30 (12:30!!!), and you live in montgomery county… you’re fucked, right? i mean, liquor stores aren’t even open on in maryland on sunday?
haha! think again! there’s hope for you drunkards yet… lucky for you, you’ve got dunmor’s! (aka the yellow house)…this odd little housy structure on the corner of woodmont and cordell that somehow managed to finagle its way into getting some liquor selling license that nobody else in maryland seems capable of obtaining sticks out like a drunk baby from the brick store fronts and condo buildings of the woodmont triangle, and yes, stands out even more so for being painted a obnoxiously puke-​like yellow…
yup…it and its little gravel parking lot are almost an eyesore, but for a shacky little structure who’s nickname and color (the yellow house) are pretty much asking for it to be peed on by roving drunks as they stumble through the door to get more booze, this place has some distinct advantages besides being the ONLY booze place open in these parts for the many hours when people are actually thinking about/​desperately needing booze:
1) it’s very close to me (most of the general public would agree that this is ALWAYS a disadvantage, but what the hell…)
2) like i said, it looks distinctly out of place (again, to some a disadvantage, but not for me, i like it…)
3) it’s actually got a decent selection, especially for a place that has a monopoly on the market at times, and looks like it might just have enough room to sell bud AND bud light (in actuality they’ve got quite a bunch of wines, some good microbrews, and some decent european options)
4) they don’t upcharge THAT much
5) the employees are some of the best in town (even if their english sucks and they don’t know anything about wine/​beer) just because they’re so damn nice and civil and remember who you are… my drunko-​bartending-​irish ex-​roomate was on such good terms with them just for stumbling in far too many times that they actually gave her a case of beer for free when they heard she was leaving… we even invited them to stop by for her going away party (they didn’t come, but did offer their goodbyes)
6) i think the «yellow house» (made of wood) is actually sitting on cement blocks of some kind and could possibly float away in the event of a disaster, thereby providing all undrowned citizens with enough alchohol to get them through the tough times… wow, a floating liquor store: pretty much the greatest life-​raft ever…
so, yeah, if you’ve got the delerium tremens and think you’re out of options, or just don’t feel like travelling too far out of the way to get your booze, swing in here, and slowly, slowly kiss your liver goodbye…