Unity Liquors

The selection is pretty good for the area. I’m usually able to find what I want or need with only a few exceptions and a substitute is always available. One frustrating thing is the lack of price tags or stickers on the bottles. There may be one that has a sticker on it but if someone bought that one you have to remember how much it was or guess.
The main sticking point for me is their attempt at enforcing a $ 15 credit card minimum. Federal law allows for merchants to set a credit card minimum but the legal maximum for that limit is $ 10. I make it a point to report them to both Visa and MasterCard if they try to pull this on me. Who knows, maybe getting fined will change their tune?

OK, so I’ve lived in this neighborhood now for almost 8 years. I’m glad that this place no longer has bulletproof glass in front of it and the wine selection is decent.
But $ 15 minimum to use a credit card???
They’ve enforced this twice on me and that’s twice too many times for me at this point. So they’re willing to lose $ 13 over a small surcharge. Cheap and bad for business. Everyone uses credit cards now. I’m not buying a banana at a deli. These are purchases of no less then $ 12-​$ 14… Buying my liquor and wine online like everyone else from now. I hope the owner reads this and changes this asinine policy!

Nice selection of wine and whiskey. I’m sure they have other stuff, too, but that’s all I go for. Staff is really friendly and helpful and the store, although a bit small, is always clean.

This is my go to store in Hamilton Heights. They have a great wine and liquor selection. I like to stroll around and find the perfect bottle of wine for the night. Everything is labeled and the staff is very helpful. Best part they have a yummy smelling candle each time I go in, it makes for a good ambiance

Decent — definitely not a ⁴⁄₅ star wine store but for the neighborhood… Ok.
There is a seller on 145^th and Broadway with 3x the selection — but that place is a Behemoth (another story).
This store is small enough for a grab-​n-​go before a dinner party.
Prices are decent… But most of the stuff is not labeled with prices! You have to ask for practically every bottle. I hate that. The have large price tags for the stuff the WANT to sell you.
They used to not have ANYTHING labeled. Now, they do label the occasional bottle of wine– the first one in the row– but if someone buys it, you can’t tell the prices for the other 9 bottles.
Label all the bottles or make price markers = Retail 101. Common. It sounds petty, but imagine going to the grocery store and nothing was marked with a price; you have to wait until you get to the register… You’d never shop there again. That may fly in Sonoma/​Napa Valley, but Harlem!!!
The staff seems nice, so that’s one good thing. Coupled with the location, it could gain a star if one knew how much things cost before hand.
This neighborhood is hard up for decent retail/​venders; this one has potential.

Unity Liquors is a Bubha-​send in a neighborhood where yelling through a one inch plexi glass window is the norm. Here you can walk in, roam around, read the labels, then make your purchase… like every other city I’ve lived in.
I’m here mainly for the wine, and am never disappointed. It’s not top shelf stock, but they do have a great selection. I usually by the 1.5L bottles of Pinot Noir for $ 11 a bottle, and I must say it’s great.
And to all those liquor stores around here with all the bullet proof nonsense, I apologize. I’m sorry that you’re so paranoid. You will find me, and my money at Unity Liquors.

«Everybody should believe in something; I believe I’ll have another drink»
This place is A-​OK, for sure. A convenient stop on my brief subway walk home to grab a back-​up bottle of vodka.
This place is a million times better than the last one that was here. First off, the bullet-​proof glass is gone. Now you can actually see and peruse the wine selections. You also aren’t crammed into a tiny space with crazy lotto buying fiends.
Staff is very courteous and efficacious.
Once and a while you will catch a wine tasting here, but don’t expect anything monumental as last time they were serving a brand called «Be Flirty». I mean ya just gotta go with it. The wines reps are usually really sweet.
Can I also pose the question: what is it with liquor stores and cats? I suppose there’s no *sanitary* threat… but kiiiinda makes me wanna give my bottles a quick wipe down when I get home.
LOTTO available too (which meant this place was heaving during last weeks mega millions).
Prices are ok. Cheaper than Hells Kitchen, but there is a place on 145^th and Broadway that has even better prices. Handle of Georgi here $ 18.50, Place down the street $ 14, Hells Kitchen $ 21, Liquor Store that delivers $priceless (anyone thought of that) Sad but true, yes I know. The selection isn’t anything earth shattering but has all of the staples you need.

I thought I was in the wrong place the last time I walked in here.
They used to be a really ghetto, bottles-​behind-​plexiglass and only pay-​through-​a-​rotating-​slot kinda place.
But they moved next door! And the place is big, bright and no plexiglass in sight!
Not sure if this effected their great prices since I didn’t get my usual bottle of Ketel, but their selection is great. Service is friendly and fast.
Check the fridge in the back and grab the $ 22 bottle of Rosé Moscato (can’t remember the name of it). You will love me.

It’s written below, but I just want to reiterate: This place has moved two doors down and now NO LONGER HAS PLEXIGLASS between you and the bottles! This is fantastic, as I hate that 90% of the liquor stores around here make you feel like you’re in some sketchy fishbowl.
Unity’s selection is adequate. I wouldn’t expect to get anything super rare, but they’ve got all the essentials and the staff is pretty friendly and knowledgeable if you’ve got a question.
I’m 90% sure they still only take debit though – not credit. You may want to have cash on hand before you stop by.

The owners just moved to a new location a few stores down. There is no longer plexi glass … so you actually look at what you’re trying to purchase. This place has mostly wines and a pretty decent wine selection. The wine is on the floor and all the hard liquor is behind the counter. The staff is pretty friendly and helpful. I’ve been in there to purchase wine and the prices are good, around $ 10 for a good bottle of Riesling.

This is really more of a 3.75-star review… but what the heck! Let’s bump it up!
The store is ghetto-​fabulous with a nice selection of liquors, cordials, and wines… and bullet proof plexiglass that you can actually see through (instead of the kind where they put so many things on it you can’t see what’s for purchase behind the glass).
The man running the store is very nice and takes time with each customer to fully answer questions and make recommendations without having anyone feel like they’re waiting too longer to receive service.
And the prices are bangin’! 10 Cane Rum for only $ 30? SOLD!!!

I love this little place, and I do mean little. The folks who work there are some of the friendliest people around. Helpful, warm, and on their game. And I can find not a wide but solid selection of perfectly drinkable wines.