Bottles and Cans

Overrated and expensive, I’m disappointed in being misled to a limited spirits and selection of crafts that aren’t cold and so pricey. All hype. Andersonville wine n spirits is my new spot for great some good scotch.

My friend and I was heading to a BYOB spot when we found this place. The selection was great and they have friendly staff to help you. Also, they had this machine that would cool down your drinks if it’s room temperature. Think of it as a reverse microwave of which I thought that was cool (pun intended).

Fantastic selection and a friendly staff. Take advantage of the Build Your Own 6-​Pack option.

Great selection of beers. We found some beers that we couldn’t get from Cali and their prices are reasonable.

Don’t know how anyone could possibly give this any less than 5 stars. The selection is great, the prices are fair, and the staff is very patient and knowledgeable. The space itself is very clean and easy to navigate. It’s everything I want out of my local beer and wine store.

This is one of the better bottle (and can) shops I’ve been to. Here’s why:
Being a craft beer drinker reminds me a lot music pre-​iPod/​MP3/​downloading era. If you want one song, chances are you were stuck buying a whole $ 15 CD from Tower Records. Or maybe you liked the artist but haven’t heard any of the songs from this particular album. Do I roll the dice and buy it anyway even though it may suck? There was little to no sampling before you splurge.
How does that pertain to beer & this store? There are tons of breweries now that make crappy beer but are good at enticing you with bottle/​can art (tantamount to album covers) and hype so you spend lots of money on a mediocre 6 pack. Bottles & Cans alleviates this dilemma with having the best «make-​your-​own» 6 pack section I’ve seen. There’s good options already on the shelf, but if there’s something else you want, they’re open to letting you break open a 6 or 4 pack of something elsewhere in the store so you could make it part of your custom 6 pack. In fact they encouraged it because it diversifies and strengthens their make-​your-​own section.
This is my kind of beer store. Too bad it isn’t closer to home.

yay this place is dog friendly!
they have a good beer selection and the staff is super friendly, whenever i’m at my friends place we will just walk here to get our beer!

Kind of redundant, but Bottles and Cans deserves 5 stars! We heard about this place from a ton of other beer geeks and drove right past by our first time looking for it. Bottles and Cans doesn’t look like a typical liquor store from the street. We were able to buy a hard to find Pipeworks bomber. Prices here are somewhat comparable to Binny’s and the staff is a little more knowledgable and friendly. We will definitely be back.

This place is awesome. Was looking for some good beers to bring to a bottle share and the guy working walked around the store with me while I asked him about several. Lots of local stuff also, check it out.

I’ve been stalking Cocoa Molé beer from New Belgium brewery for 2 years now. So needless to say I was thrilled when I got an email from Beer Menus that it was finally on the shelves at three Chicago locals!
Bottles and Cans is amazing, there were three pleasant and knowledgable staff right at the front doing a sampling. They had pints of Cocoa Molé for $ 10 as well as 6 packs of Not your Fathers Rootbeer for around the same!
I had to get out of there before I spent more money! Great selection, I’ll be back when a rare beer need arises!

I have been in here a few times… Always for wine, they are very friendly and have a great selection. I stopped by last night to get beer as a gift for a friend’s birthday, and knowing very little about beer, I asked for some help. They were incredibly friendly and helpful as I chose a couple of bottles. As I was checking out, they also put bows on the bottles I selected! Great service, great prices!

Great selection. Knowledgeable staff. Superlative customer service.
Couldn’t be happier with my many visits to the shop. New staff is approachable and helpful. Joe and Carly are amazing. Cheers!

My dear friends, please enjoy this craft beer specialist located right in the heart of North Center. Have you been looking to try from the vast cornucopia that is genuine craft beer? Look no further, you must make a stop in this delightful little shop.
Upon searching on Twitter for some Off Color Brewing Dinosmores, I saw a tweet that Bottles and Cans had some! I called and they said it was in stock so I rushed to the shop as soon as I could!
Binny’s Bottles and Cans is not nor is it trying to be. But Dinosmores they had and I was feeling a case of the waahoo’s as I picked up two 4-​packs! While I was there the folks from Brooklyn Brewery were hosting a tasting and I got a taste of their stout! Wow looking at the front counter there are always wine and beer tasting events at Bottles and Cans!
I also grabbed Clown Shoes Mexican Chocolate Stout, Rogue Milk Chocolate Stout, and then the rep hooked me up with some Brooklyn Dark Chocolate Stout. It was a great haul — would do again, would recommend, go go go!

This is the kind of beer and wine store that every neighborhood should have, but very few can count themselves so lucky. It has a very good and eclectic selection of craft beers, and a more curated (i.e., smaller) selection of wines as well. The staff is always very helpful.
You can grab something and go here just as easily as any other place, but the fun of a place like this is browsing the aisles, finding one of your favorite types of beer from a new brewery, or finding a new beer from one of your favorite breweries that you had not seen elsewhere. They have a «create your own 6 pack» wall as well which helps if you’re paralyzed by all the tantalizing options and want to make your own sampler.
I can’t say much on prices, other than that if you’re here you already know that a 6 pack of good craft beer can easily cost more than a 30 pack of PBR, so if maximum drunkennes for your dollar is a concern, you may want to shop elsewhere…
I’m not sure if I’d travel from far and wide to go to this place, but if you live nearby, or you find yourself in this area for dinner at a BYOB, you can’t do better thant Bottles and Cans.

hidden jem!
driving buy this place, in its less than awesome neighborhood, Special Export sign illuminated, you would not think that this place has such fine selection of craft draft. This «packaged goods» store also has take-​away cooler with craft offerings as well as domestics so you grab a quick one to-​go before heading to your Pilsen house party.
this Chicago cornerstone takes pride in Chicago brews. Most of their taps are Illinois breweries. i cant wait to take a visiting friend or tourist here to show them what Chicago hospitality is all about. All drafts were $ ⁵⁄₆. not bad for limited run seasonals.
They have a $ 7 creative cocktail menu with many delicious combos. All artwork is sourced from local artists. Go here with a big group and have two o tree.

An absolutely wonderful craft beer shop! They don’t hoard and upsell rarities, and everyone gets a fair chance to buy even the most choice, rare brews. They have an excellent selection and it is arranged by state, which is awesome as well.
Friendly, and very informative on the phone and on social media!
I highly recommend this place — but I also don’t recommend it because we can’t have too many people in there!

I was looking for Tallgrass Buffalo Sweat. None of our local Binny’s had it, but Bottles and Cans did. Shame on me for not checking with a local independent store first. But – it will not happen again. This shop has a great selection of the usual craft and import suspects, most of my favorites, and a few obscure offerings from pretty far afield. At the end of each aisle a small square of chalkboard notes the states or countries of origin. Why doesn’t every shop feature this level of detail? Sometimes I might be interested in finding a beer from Maine or Montana, you know?
Whether you’re on a specific mission or indecisively browsing, the proprietors will make recommendations or help you find anything you need.
The best thing going at B & C is the make-​your-​own six-​pack. There are dozens of choices and I frequently find it difficult to choose only six.
I wish that they would build the shelves up more vertically, so that my old eyes wouldn’t have to stoop and peer so much. But nevertheless this is now my go-​to beer purveyor.

Its a liquor store. Its not a big liquor store, but that is because they do not carry items you would not want to drink. They have the beer and booze that have flavor and not 30-​packs of beer that you drink in college when you have no other money.
There are also lots of smart and knowledgeable associates who do a great job making suggestions to you.

Was here for a Bourbon County release event (no coffee or coconut being sold, but they did have samples of that one being given out), and while I unfortunately struck out on the raffle for Barleywine/Proprietor’s/Coconut Rye, it was still very well ran and a fun event. Had more than enough Bourbon County Barleywine/Proprietor’s/Coconut Rye/​Coffee samples for everyone who was interested, and the staff is really great here. Also could tell the beer selection appeared to be pretty decent, even though certain items I could tell were $ 1 – 2 more here than at other stores. Despite that, it’s still a good place, and most of the time the prices are at least reasonable.
It was my first visit here (had been meaning to visit here for a great while), and I’ll definitely return in the future. Also I sorta wish they were open till at least 10pm on at minimum Friday and Saturday, but that’s a minor complaint for otherwise a great store.

Looks can be deceiving. This small store packs in a ton of local booze (beer, wine, spirits).
The aisles are organized by geography, from where the product is made. Great for those looking for some unique beers from their hometown, or from way outside of their hometown.
Great selection, and the friendly staff is helpful if you’ve got questions about anything they carry. On a recent trip in to B & C, they had a wine sample event going on which was a nice surprise.
They also have a cool beverage chiller that can chill your room temperature bottle in mere minutes by submerging it in the chiller’s icy waters. (I’ve never seen this kind of contraption before…)