Hillcrest Liquor

Considering everyone and their mother is a frequent patron, I’m shocked this place has no local reviews. Shocked, I say!
**I had to ding a star — while I love this place and every positive thing I and every other reviewer has said is absolutely true, I’ve been in two or three times now and they didn’t have the beers I was looking for. Still a great place, but it is simply too small to keep a true variety of offerings regularly stocked.
It’s a teeny, tiny place smack in the middle (ish) of Hillcrest, and it’s one of the single most popular stores in the area, especially on a hot day. I personally love their beer fridge, because it’s refreshing on a hot day, a shocker on a cold one, and it is full to the brim of delicious, scrumptious, well-​traveled, filling, refreshing, beautiful beer. They have stacks of Diamond Bear and Lost Fourty, as well as a wide variety of brews from our neighbors across state lines, in all directions. I’ve found everything from local favorites on my to-​try list, to obscure familiar bottles from my past lives in Portland (i.e. Rogue «Dead Guy»), San Francisco (i.e. Anchor Lager), and in between.
They strike the same balance of local love, neighborly sharing, and reasonable selection in their wine and liquor shelves too — something that’s all the more shocking because this shop is *tiny*
I go here to get my wife’s favorite wines, my favorite beers, and something or other to have under my arm to impress any host from a dinner party connoisseur to an indiscriminate guzzler.
The location is a really nice perk on First Thursday (the first Thursday of every month) where you can walk up and down Hillcrest and be greeted with complimentary gifts from businesses, but also because it’s a rare occasion where you can have a beer on a public street.
I’ve also had consistently great experiences heckling and/​or chatting with the staff here, although I don’t think I’ve ever seen the same people twice!

Love Hillcrest Liquor. They have a very good wine and beer selection and friendly staff who are knowledgeable. Plus, just good people. One night I walked out and dropped the bottle of wine I’d just bought in the parking lot. Went back in to buy another and the owner wouldn’t have it. She gave me a free bottle. That’s the kind of place I want to go back to!

I’m not sure how someone from St. Louis would have to be the first person to review this place but I can say without a doubt that they have the best craft beer selection I have found so far in Little Rock (which is otherwise disappointing when it comes to microbrews).
I was pleased to see Bells and Moylan’s, and one of my favs, Old Rasputin. They have 12oz bottles and also 220z bombers. I have not been to Springhill in North Little Rock but this place is excellent for the location! I will add that I did not talk to anyone about beer or their recommendations since I immediately starting recognizing beers I wanted so not sure if they are knowledgeable about their selection or not.