Jekyll Island Beverage Center

Really, really rude staff. How can you be so rude living in such a beautiful place?
We wanted to buy a cigar and maybe wine. Being respectful of the «no outside food or drink» sign, we left our drink outside. We did have an empty cup however, and when we asked for a trash can, the employee/​mgr/​owner condescendingly said «that would’ve been outside» and shook his head no (there are no trash cans within 100 ft of the door). We promptly left.

The JIBC, as I like to call it, is about as ghetto as you would expect a liquor store in a mobile home to be. The shelves are extremely sparse, with only a few bottles of the few brands that they carry on display. I don’t think there was anything even on the lower of three shelves in any aisle. There’s an OK selection of beer in a cooler, from the big national brands to a few six-​packs of some of the local brews like Terrapin. I think there was one lone six-​pack of Angry Orchard cider.
Prices seemed alright, but when you’re coming from Nova Scotia, even rip-​off prices in America for alcohol are still better than ours.
They had some cheap $ 2 cigars that turned out to be alright, all things considered.
They only accept Visa and Mastercard, no Amex, so come prepared.

I never felt so uncomfortable in my own skin and as a paying customer. I encountered a very disgruntled elderly woman who seemed to not have cared if I shopped there or not and clearly assumed that I knew that she couldn’t accept credit card payment for less than $ 5. Woman you should have posted a sign! Truly that wasn’t why I was upset it was the manner in which she treated me. I should have just left without purchasing anything.