Capitol Hill Liquor

Creepy vibe, no prices, definitely a rip off compared to the liquor store down the road.

Every few years, some Colorado legislator introduces a bill in the hopes of giving groceries the power to sell full strength beer. And every few years, seemingly the whole state piles on to say that if such a thing ever passed, it would kill the craft beer industry and put Mom and Pop liquor shops out of business. I don’t know about all those arguments, but if my vote will put an end to Capitol Hill Liquor’s reign of disappointment at the intersection of 9^th and Corona, then sign me up. How this place stays in business even without that law is simply beyond me.
Here, for your consideration, is the typical experience:
You walk in. The (seemingly) sweet old lady at the counter gives you a look. You’ve already fallen into her trap, even if she’s the only one who knows it at this point, yet you stroll the aisles looking around for a six-​pack and noticing nothing’s in stock. And price tags? Nowhere in sight. The whole building seems moments away from collapsing. «If TJ Maxx ran liquor stores,» you think, «they’d look like this.» But you manage to find your six-​pack of New Belgium somethingorother and bring it up to the register. The woman smiles at you – a mischievous smile – while she scans the bar code.
«$ 15,» she says without a hint of remorse. Your stomach drops and her smile is gone. She’s fixed on you. «I can always put it back,» you tell yourself. «Skyline’s not that far away.» But you can’t. You’re sweating. You can’t look cheap in front of this woman. She stares into your soul. Without breaking eye contact, you pull out your Visa. The thing is done. She has claimed another victim.
Never again.

Just too expensive. $ 12 out the door for a six-​pack is outrageous. Argonaut is cleaner, friendlier, and at least $ 3 cheaper for the same thing.

It would be nice if prices were reasonable

I love my local liquor store. It is great if you need a quick bottle of wine or 6 pack. The store clerks are always super friendly and very helpful/​knowledgable about the products. The selection is basic, but just enough for the local corner. It beats going to Argonaut or Mr Bs when you want a case of nascar beer or a quick bottle of wine to go with dinner.
Feel free to bring your dog in or stop on the way back from a fun day at Cheeseman park. They always have treats on the counter and love the pooch traffic.

If you like liquor stores that price their booze, are relatively clean, ordered and have people who run them that give a shit–
This place is not for you.
P. S. The hours suck as well

High prices, terrible selection. One saving grace is friendly staff. A handle of Skedka here = $ 38, same thing at Argonaut = $ 18.

Yucky.
I didn’t end up purchasing anything here for several reasons:
–It wasn’t clean.
–NOTHING is priced.
–The employee that was working wasn’t friendly at all.
–Really small selection.
I’d much rather walk the mile down to broadway or head to colfax and have my pick of stores and selection for normal prices.

Do not go here. I bought a bottle of vodka for $ 21. Later that week I bought the same bottle at skyline for $ 13!

Worst liquor store in Capitol Hill for sure. They don’t post their prices, so when you go to pay you realize you are paying 12 bucks for a 6 pack of Sam Adams, but still don’t want to put it back and walk out. The prices are ridonculous.
I used to go there when I didn’t feel like walking the extra few blocks, but not anymore. I’ve officially boycotted this store. It’s nasty, overpriced and they have poor customer service. I’d rather buy 3.2 beer from King Soopers.
Go the few extra blocks to Joy on 6^th/​Merian or at least go to 11^th/​Ogden to Skyline. Please don’t give this place your business, they don’t deserve it.

Went there on a pinch and won’t be going back. The cashier was friendly, though the place was dumpy looking and the wine selection was awful and over priced.

This place is so close by, that I usually visit this liquor store because I’m too lazy to walk or drive to a more substantial liquor store. Much of the sparse selection is lacking of any pricing information, so when I picked up a six pack of a New Belgium beer, I was amazed when it rang up at $ 13. The lady that is usually at the counter has always been friendly, but I was annoyed when she couldn’t slide my credit card, and told me that Visa was going to charge me an additional $ 5 if she had to manually punch in the numbers… Now, I’m no credit card expert here, but I’ve never, before this day, been threatened by a cashier that the credit card headquarters was going to charge me a fee for the cashier’s inconvenience of punching in my credit card number.

The selection (if you can call it that) is extremely limited and the prices are pretty steep considering there are LQ stores on every corner in this part of town. It’s dingey, run down and looks to be on the verge of going out of business, but it’s looked that way for years. They are on a prime corner for a liqour store, so I’m surprised they don’t have a better stock of just about everything. The little old lady that works there is really sweet though.

WORST liquor store ever. It’s filthy, and extremely over priced. Places like this should not be supported in our community.
If you go to Joy Wine & Spirits, about 5 blocks away on 6^th avenue, you will save tons of money and won’t walk away with a disease.

Prices = bad.
Not showing prices = really bad.
Friendly staff = good.
Close place for booze = good.
As others have stated, this place preys on the lazy, and I have to admit I have been part of that crowd before.

My experience was:
1. High prices
2. Unmarked prices.
3. Limited selection.
4. Decidedly unfriendly service.
5. Dirty environment.
Stay away.

I’ve only ever gone to this store because of sheer laziness. I used to live like a half a block away and occasionally would wonder over there to buy some booze. But, I always paid for that laziness in cost and I’m pretty sure that’s what this place is banking on. Everything is more expensive. The selection is limited and it’s usually dusty and/​or dirty.
The workers are usually friendly though so that’s a plus.

Cripes … they don’t have prices on any of the beers in the cooler, it’s only after you’re rung-​up you discover they’re a good $ 1 – 2 more per six-​pack than normal. Can you justify charging extra for convenience when there is a liquor store 3 blocks in every direction?

Not the greatest selection but a liquor store is never a bad thing. I heart booze.

Convenience has it’s price. Expect to find a small selection at a very high cost.