Rippy’s Liquor & Marketplace

A Mirage in the vastness that is Charlestown. You have to drive 15 minutes to get to a pharmacy, BUT Rippy’s was always there, 5 minutes away with greasy giant pizzas and beer. Can’t beat it!

Small town store, fine wine and liquor shop, social hub, deli counter and milling around spot for the quiet part of Charlestown.
Filled up with a bunch of the friendliest people you ever want to meet, there’s a lot more going on behind that well worn patina than you’d ever guess from out front.
Indispensable.

As the other reviews stated, you can get your average selection of booze here, munchies, sundries, and a small selection of groceries.
You can also hit up the little deli which makes sandwiches, salads, and also has a hot bar of mostly fried food.
Now normally I don’t really write about places like this, but I was recently surprised when I went in to look around for my dinner. I was originally planning on cooking something, but alas I suddenly wanted a salad so I placed an order for a large house salad with chicken. I was expecting it to be you average house salad. Nothing spectacular, just a heap of lettuce, chicken, and a tomato slice here and there.
I was mistaken! I received a two pound monster of a salad, with olives, pickles, yellow peppers, mushrooms, lightly breaded chicken, and what appeared to be one whole tomato sliced up and neatly surrounding the perimeter of the box.
So yes, I was exceptionally pleased by my behemoth of a salad!

Need beer? Rippy’s got it. Need grinders? Fishing tackle? Groceries? Pong balls? Ice cream treats? Videos? Got that too. This has a true country store feel to it, as you can probably get most anything you really need. I’ve only stopped in for beer, but enjoy looking at all the other stuff they have.

Rippys, you tend to rock!
I will always love this place. ALWAYS!
When I was a wee teenager, just learning how to drive, my momma used to make me come here to grab that gallon of milk & a loaf of bread.
As the years past by, I grew older and couldn’t wait to be able to buy beers here!
In RI there aren’t many places that you can get a cake mix, a grinder to go a movie rental and a 6 pack in 1 stop shopping!!!
Pretty good selection for getting your drink on
little bit of everything

Bread
butter
and
Bacchus
Rippy’s is a quaint little, old fashion market with a surprisingly lot of stuff crammed into it. Especially since almost half the store is load up with booze. Nothing really exotic or snooty but an ample supply of all the usual intoxicants and hootch.
Beside the booze, Rippy’s has a nice deli where you can get a sandwich, pizza or salad and at various time some nice muffins or pies are available. Not a huge number of choices but enough to satisfy.
The usually small market items like eggs, butter, newspapers, ring dings, movies, bug repellent, soap, rutabagas and toilet cleaner are displayed but of course you have to expect to pay a bit more than in the mega markets.
The folks working here are always friendly in a sincere and honest way and Rippy’s is a cool place to start up a conversation with one of the locals if you need directions, information or just want to shoot the breeze. Not a big store and certainly not a new store, but a cool place to pick up some rutabaga, toilet cleaner, treats or spirits to hail Bacchus.