London Terrace Liquor

Having access to titos this close to my office could be a problem… or a solution

These guys are great! I regularly buy wine from them and yesterday I went in and asked for gift bag for a bottle of wine I purchased at another store. The cashier graciously provided without charging.

Definitely the best liquor store with normal hours in the neighborhood. Guys are really nice and you can always find a nice bottle for a fair price. Just wish there was a bigger selection in the fridge.

Really like this liquor store! Do not understand the bad reviews… The staff is very friendly, helpful — their prices are much better than what I would pay where I live — midtown east. About $ 4 cheaper on Pro Secco and they have good deals.
I buy everything I need there. They even are willing to special order. They deliver to our office very fast! This store is great! The store is small, not fancy but good wines and service!

It’s not everyday you can find a little wine shop in the city, where the staff knows you by name and can provide such helpful hints as to which wines I should try.
Really friendly staff, clean and well organized shelving. They even keep my favorite white wines chilled, so I can drop by anytime and pick up cold one.
I would recommend this place anytime!

If I could give it less I would worst place in Chelsea DONT buy Anything from these people

Crap selection and crap service. Honestly, it’s usually a last resort as I hit my brother’s place on 24^th and 9^th, because i’ve forgotten to bring a bottle. There are a million other stores around that have better prices, better service, and better selection. I keep going, but it’s really nothing special.

Does the trick. Prices aren’t the best I’ve seen, but there’s a decent selection and variety among different varietals. They also have some half bottles of bubbly, which was just what I was in the market for at the time.

The staff here was incredibly rude. I went in to buy a bottle of wine for a dinner party I was attending later that night. I get to the register and am asked for my ID. I’m 31, but get carded a lot so no big deal. However, I have never gotten questioned if it was me on the ID! I’m like yes that is me… and you can easily double check as it is also the same name (and photo) on my debit card. Instead of any sort of apology the cashier then told me it was because I look thinner in my ID he could not recognize me! Who says that?!

I like this shop. There are lots of liquor stores around Chelsea, and honestly they are all pretty good. Small independent liquor stores are not so different from flower shops. Repeat business, they get to know you, you know them, it’s nice.
Here, there’s that, plus the helpful hints posted on some of the selections, the ready advice, the admission that they don’t know when they don’t know… This means as much as the rest. Oh, and the weekly tastings that generally seem to feature readily available wines rather than particularly esoteric ones. And sometimes other spirits are tasted as well… Recently they had Bulldog gin.
All in all a good solid place to buy a bottle or a case. Great selection, great prices, great service.

Caught in a torrential downpour (and without an umbrella, of course), I was trying to find my way home using only streets that had scaffolding. A little sprint across 10^th Avenue, a stroll underneath a long, leaky stretch of construction on 23^rd Street, turn left on 9^th Avenue… and oops, I ran out of shelter. No more scaffolding in sight. I ducked into this wine shop to pass the time while the rain slowed.
I’m not a wine enthusiast, but London Terrace got my attention. The bottles were categorized by different attributes: points, suggested occasions (for instance they had «picnic wines»), region of origin, staff picks, etc. The shelves were adorned with notes describing the wines in stock, supplying interesting details about the grapes and appellations, and advising on food pairings.
It might be too quaint for those who know their wine, but it was perfect for me. Oddly, even though I can’t taste test a Riesling from a box wine, I have a memory for their background stories, and I can spot a good deal.
I scored a bottle of 2007 Burgáns Albariño, a wine from Galicia, Spain that I had been hoping to find. At ~$ 15 and rated 90 by Wine Advocate, I thought it was a steal. I wanted to start my wine collection with a varietal from my family’s native NW Spain, so it was perfect. Now to find a good BYOB seafood restaurant where I can drink this alongside some solid maritime dishes…