V Cirace & Son

One of the best selections of Italian aperitivos and digestivos I’ve ever seen, anywhere. Several are imported only to this shop, or only to this shop and one or two others in the US. Well worth a visit.

Cirace & Son is an adorable liquor store in the North End. Nestled right next to Paul Revere’s home and Italian eateries it keeps alive the historic and genuine feel found in the North end. The staff is extremely helpful and knowledgable and they have amazing gift baskets. Highly recommend stopping in whether you’re looking for something fancy or just a casual bottle of wine!

Wonderful selection of wines and staff is very helpful. I always make it a point to stop here when in Boston. They also have a beautiful selection of crystal stemware and decanters. I bought a gorgeous set of crystal wine glasses from here & have received many compliments on them.

The store is beautiful, gorgeous gift baskets in front, amazing selection of Murano glassware, grappe, wines, cordials, amari. The tour groups with the ill informed tour guides are annoying and in the way, minus a star for that-​otherwise, an amazing shop in North Square where I do all my wine and spirit shopping. The staff is really accommodating and informed. I love going in here

My fiancé used to live in the North End, and I cannot believe we never knew this place was here! Now that we live just outside the city, we wrestle the traffic going in to Boston on a Friday night just to attend their weekly tastings and buy some really great and very fairly priced wines. Their selection is spectacular and the staff is super friendly and knowledgable– there has never been a question of mine that wasn’t answered right on the spot and with the such accuracy!
I am looking forward to making weekly trips into the city to taste and buy my wine at this North End family-​run for more than a century wine shop!
Va bene!

Great selection, and better prices than most places in the North End, if not the best. I assumed it would be expensive by the looks, but that is not the case.
VERY helpful people working there– you can get advice or information on anything in the store, based on taste and prices, and I’ve never felt pressure to spend more than I wanted from them. The overall «customer service» is the best I’ve experienced in Boston. I especially like the little touches like scraping the price tag off after you buy something so it looks nicer to serve.

This place was a great find, we noticed it while having dinner at Mare across the street, and wanted to go in to see if we can find an Italian wine we had at dinner at Umbria Prime a few weeks before. This place has an unbelievable selection of wines, we described the wine to the sommelier, and he qas quick, ahh a Super Tuscan blend, and walked us over to where they were in the store, and said you can spend as much as you want on this stuff, this is our best @ $ 234/​bottle. I asked for something more in the brown bag style (just dropped $ 250 for dinner @ Mare) he said this is a limited blend and one of our best sellers it was 2 for $ 35 — AND BOY DO I LOVE 2 FORS. We got that and the wine was absolutely delicous, and my fiancé loved it too, — So far the second red wine she has like. So the stafff know what they are talking about, they have a great selection and a wide price range.
Will definitely be back next time in the North End!

Great little wine store in the North End. Go get some Truro Vineyards wine now while it’s 10% off! Enough said, really

Great selection, amazing wine knowledge among staff. Have not had a bad recommendation yet!

This store is kind of magical to me — walking in is like stepping back in time. It’s warm, cozy, and full of bottles and bottles of deliciousness. They have a ginormous variety of vino and grappa and bourbons and even fun little gift baskets. The staff is incredibly knowledgeable and always ready to help you! The wine tastings on Fridays are definitely a must — I learn something new every time! Steve is always beyond informative and so nice. Exceptional service all around. Love calling the N End my home, this place is absolutely my go-​to!

Awesome selection of Italian wine, I will definitely be back. Also some really well priced selections of wine from other countries (only a few french labels, but some nice spanish selections). What I really love is there magnificent collection of sweet and dessert wines. Mind you, I’m not a huge dessert wine freak, and I think most Americans aren’t, but maybe stores like this will change that! When in Italy, drink as the Italians do I guess.
I love the fact that the store labeled their Italians based on region. It makes the selection process so much easier when trying to remember which major producers come from puglia and which come from umbria… etc. Was a little sad to see an under representation of reds from Piedmont that don’t start with a ‘B,’ but considering this store has so many other choices maybe I’m just being picky. The store owners do a little importing which is nice.
My dock of a star is due to the fact that the staff seems to be a little less friendly than what I would expect of a wine store of this sort. I don’t know if it was just me because I came in wearing a swimsuit, flip flops, and a t shirt, (maybe I looked a little bit like some riff raff), but the workers were mildly curt.
NO dock for the wine selection though. Very happy about that, and they get an A+. I wish there were more opportunities for wine stores in the city to specialize on one particular country.

Entering Cirace’s for the first time was stumbling upon a hidden gem of Boston. We were greeted at the door by friendly staff who gave us a brief description of the grappas and lemoncello’s, and ended up finding several Italian wines for a dinner party all of which were delicious! Since then we have made frequent visits to Cirace’s to stock up on wines when entertaining guests and for our own guilty pleasures. Love this shop. Never had an amaro until I found this place! Just ask, they’ll show you everything they have to offer.

I was running late for a Christmas party and stopped in to grab a bottle of red wine for the host on my way to the train. After choosing a nice bottle, I hastily grabbed a basic gift bag to put the wine in and went to the register. Once I got my gift bag and bottle to the register and paid, without even asking, the woman working took off the price tags, whipped it up in some pretty tissue paper, poofed up the bag and tied it up with a silk ribbon at no extra charge. It went from basic to lovely and festive in like 60 seconds. Ummm, amazing? She made my last minute effort look like it was a beautifully decorated plan.
Great spot and great people working there. Nice wine selection. I mean really, how do you not give that lady 5 stars?

Hands down the best liquor store in Boston. Wide selection of wines and liquors aesthetically presented in a cozy store.
The whole process from start to finish is professional. The owner (family owned since its inception) is friendly and welcoming. His approachability is only matched by his knowledge of his products and the industry as a whole. The staff in general is extremely erudite when it comes to what they carry. I’ve learned something every time I’ve been there. The best part of the experience is the fact they have so much knowledge but aren’t judgmental. You don’t have to feel dumb asking, «Ah. I need a bottle of… red wine…» The store is open to enthusiast of all levels.
Their goal really is to find something they think you’d like rather than to get you hooked on the most expensive bottle. I’ve left there many times with a fantastic $ 15 bottle of wine.
The range of product is also great — from regional wines of Italy, to French, to German, to Portuguese — they have it all. Beyond wine they have a great selection of liquors including; grappas, limoncello, traditional hard stuff, etc.
I would also say that more times than not there’s someone giving out a free tasting of something incredible.
Also, I like how they’re still closed on Sunday. It keeps the traditional values of the family alive.
I moved out of the north end last year, but I still come to Cirace’s.

Cirace’s is un bellissimo negozio… a beautiful shop. It’s a place with a long history in the North End, great service and a fantastic selection of wines and liquors.
It’s got an old-​world look and feel to it that I find charming and inviting.
One year I organized a gift basket of wines for one of my cousins who is a real oenophile particularly of wines from a very specific region of Italy. I got wonderful assistance at Cirace.
My cousin, who I was worried about pleasing since he knows so much about wine, was thrilled with the selections. This is a place where the staff will help you learn about wines particularly those from Italy.
I try to stop in whenever I’m in the North End and I usualy find something new to try.
I’m also a fan of limoncello, prosecco and amaro and there are some good selections here. If you’re a fan of grappa, well you’re very much in luck here.
This is a special shop; well worth a look-​see.

Is this heaven?
No, it’s the North End. I can’t imagine there’s much they don’t have (Pimm’s!), including an amazing wine section and about 900 kinds of grappa. The store looks deceptively small, but stretches back into three or four rooms, the last of which is devoted almost exclusively to Italian wines, subcategorized by region.
The store has a great cozy feel, much more atmospheric than the bargain basement –type liquor stores I’m used to. I was on a mission for tawny port, so I didn’t look at much else, but the prices seem more than fair. The staff is friendly and actually quite funny.
I have a feeling I’ll be in here a lot in the future…

Thank you North End Walking Tour for allowing me to discover Cirace. What a find! This place is chock-​full of your run-​of-​the-​mill wine, beer, and alcohol, along with more unique brands going along with the Italian neighborhood. They have an insane amount of grapas, along with multiple times of «cellos» (lemon, raspberry, and orange).
I’m not a wine connoisseur, but it seems like they have something to suit everyone’s needs; the prices range from $ 10 to $ 500 and up and are labeled clearly by region.
For Christmas shopping, this place is great, as they have pre-​made baskets ranging in price which include various types of booze and appetizers, spreads, crackers, etc.
The service is great, and apparently Cirace is the oldest store in Boston! Not oldest liquor store, but oldest STORE. Over 100 years old and still owned and run by the same family!
If I lived in the North End, this would potentially be my go-​to spot for all my booze needs; however, I’m a Charles Street Liquor loyalist until then (and actually, always will be).

This was my first visit to the «North End». on our way back to the car my friend suggested picking up a bottle of wine for after dinner drinks. And I never pass up an opportunity to try out a new wine store.
Now the store front is less than desirable and almost resembles a bodega. but once inside you will see it certainly is not a bodega.
They have a large variety of wines, wine glasses and other wine paraphernalia. and the staff is fairly knowledgeable.
My issue with the place really is not with the store itself but with the RUDE clientele that was inside at the time. I was attempting to find a bottle of Bordeaux when I stumbled into the back room and apparently into a food tour. The guide was so freakin RUDE. she had the audacity to yell at me and my friend as we searched the narrow rows and racks for our wine.
Luckily the store manager stepped in and helped us. and the RUDE woman was put to rest.

UNIQUE and beautiful (yeah I said beautiful for a liquor store!). Established in 1906 (wonder what they sold during prohibition… booze, it IS the north end after all) Outstanding selection of Italian sourced spirits. Especially the wine selection, cause Cirace is also a serious wine importer from Italia… selection of non-​Italian wine is very limited.
PLUS the staff is very helpful, knowledgeable and professional (e.g. carefully remove the price tags from all your purchases) Service like stepping back in time (to a time I never found service like this). oh yeah, they send out monthly newsletters and offer fancy gift baskets.
FINALLY prices are slightly less expensive than the not-​so-​cheap neighborhood competition (even newly departed Martinetti’s)

Top notch selection. be sure to try the lemoncello. Outstanding.
Great liquor selection. Wine selection is slimmer but most where solid choices.