Farmington Hills Wine & Liquor

I don’t know if it was the owner or just an employee but he ignored everything I said to him then shouted when I didn’t hear him mumble something at me. Never going back.

Prices here are a little higher depending on what you’re looking for but they were helpful finding what I was in search of… the elusive Great Lakes Christmas Ale. I was impressed that they had it stocked but the extra $ 2 – 3 they tacked on per sixer not so impressive.

I had to go here again. I went here for a bottle wine. Good selections. I was looking for a good mid price Merlot. The gentleman pointed me in the right direction. We brought this to a friends house and we opened it and had it with the dinner. Excellent choice and recommendation. As you can see I have calmed down since my last visit here.

Prices here are ridiculous. They have a nice selection of liquor but are charging more than $ 100 over the state minimum on many seasonal releases. I would suggest looking up the state minimum on any alcohol before making a purchase (prices can be found here —
). When I asked why the prices were so high, the employee became very rude and defensive. I suggest looking elsewhere before making any purchases here.

I’ve been going to Farmington Hills W&L for a very long time, I’m a third generation resident of the area. As more and more small business/​family run local community stores and restaurants shut down and megachains like walgreens come in to an area and cause blight it’s nice to know their are a few places still open were their is a huge variety, good customer service and money and that business’s profits actually being invested in the community and not to some headquarters in another state.
Two other liquor stores I frequent in the area have closed down and many establishments like the 1.25 cleaners, greene’s hamburgers and the ham store down orchard lake have switched to cash only due to very high fees that they incure when people make them swipe their card for such low amounts of money. If a soda costs 1.00 for the store owner plus 1.10 for MI deposit and he sells its for $ 1.25 (a 5 cent profit) and you come in and swipe your card (debit or credit charges store owners $$$ anywhere from 50 cents to a few dollars per transcation) their making negative digits and your actually making them lose money since their offering it to you for alot cheaper than they are getting it themselves.
You might be wondering why they can take your debit/​credit card, it’s because they have such a strong presence they (megastores/​chains/​brands) can negotiate terms with Mastercard or Visa and since they have such a large grip on cities which they are the sole or one of few places to shop for food/​pharmaceuticals/​goods etc they can choose to stop taking a card and people will use another in which they have better terms with. It’s a lose lose situation.
Food for thought.