Rod’s Liquors

The only thing more convenient would be a drive through.
We needed to make a quick stop before heading back to the office (it was a Friday and we were going to drink after 5:00), so we puled into the driveway, headed in, grabbed a couple of 6-​packs from the well stocked selection and headed back out.
Fast, convenient, friendly, with a good selection and decent prices.

Super condescending. I look young, but I AM 21 and I DO always have my ID ready to go. Just wanted to get a 6 pack and got treated like an asshole. Seems like a bad business model to treat college students like shit when you’re 3 blocks from a university. The beer selection was no better than Ralphs or Hooves anyway, I recommend that Chapman students stick to those places.

I LVOE RODS LIQUIOR.
(a 2 minute walk from my bf’s apartment!)
Been coming here for years though, always good service. I can always find just about everything I need and at a good price too. The workers here are really friendly and ready to help, if needed.
They have a decent selection of alcohol too for a smaller place, it always surprises me that they always have what I want. Saves me a trip, well, anywhere else.

By far, the most friendly liquor store I’ve been to in Orange County. The staff is very down-​to-​earth, and will help you find what you are looking for, alcohol related or not. I looked everywhere (literally all around OC) to find Angostura bitters to put in a soup. Bevmo was the only commercial place to carry it in a 20 mile radius, and it was overpriced. Plus, they wouldn’t sell me it because I am 20. Seriously. It’s bitters (McCormick orange concentrate sold in the bakery section of Albertson’s is 76% alcohol and is sold to anyone. Try getting drunk on that stuff, you’ll probably barf up a lung before feeling anything). I’m very happy with the service, and I totally recommend getting any of your alcohol or small convenience store needs!

This is by far the coolest liquor store I have ever been to. First of all, it is basically a drive in, with an awesome driveway you park your car in before you enter. It is located in the Orange Circle and is just all around pretty awesome. They also have a decent selection of craft beer and their prices are pretty fair. This is hands down the best place to get alcohol during the international food fair. Go purchase 2 14 oz craft beers and they open it and pour it into cups for you to enjoy. Be careful, because you will be walking around double fisting strong craft beer and during the fair it is hot outside! Such great times here and so many awesome memories.

Support your independent businesses. Rod’s has something that they can’t offer. Not expensive, convenient if you live in the circle. Great beer. God, I think that they even have dry ice there if I am not mistaken.

Convenient drive through in the circle! Saves you the time for easy access to the store without having to search for parking! Decently priced for being in the circle, and cheap champagne is always in stock! Nevermind the candy :) They always have a ‘higher end’ selection of beer– Chimay anyone? MMM!

I love Rod’s.
Having been an OTO resident for nearly a decade, I find myself making, yet not exactly needing, excuses to come here. It hums along as the central hubris to all that’s happening in our around the meeting points of Chapman and Glassell. OTO has lost some of it’s long-​time «characters» over the years, but Rod’s stands strong as a pillar of the weird, beautiful, tragic, necessary, and sometimes uncomfortable characters drawn to this small slice of Orange County. The general tone of the Plaza/​Circle has mellowed (or matured, or become more sophisticated, or devolved into a place to be seen, whatever) and become more contrived over time, but Rod’s status has not. Not that we’re in any danger of losing this institution, but should we someday do away with Rod’s, an important piece of our diverse local makeup will be done away with as well. And a piece of my soul.
woah, dramatic much?

This is a real convenience/​liquor store. Everything you could want plus more. The guys who work here are super cool, They definitely remember your face and will try to remember your name.
The beer selection is awesome.
Tip– if you stumble in drunk before closing ask if you can take a burrito (hey, they may not be the greatest tasting on earth but when your poor, drunk and hungry anything will work).

Where else can you buy ice blocks? Probably lots of places. But I’ve never seen them. This one is conveniently located in the Orange Circle. When my thumb was crushed by a swiftly closing mini-​van sliding door, said ice block provided much relief as we drove to Eisenhower Park for MRA (Mixed Recreational Activies).
Here is a great, great suggestion:
Go to Rod’s. Purchase a fine beer from their far better than average selection of micro brews in a joint like this. Go to Omega Burger. Get a BLT and some fries. Proceed to the shady, public-​drinking-​safe-​zone parking lot just north on Lemon, same lot as Omega Burger.
Happily eat your sammich and fries, and sip away on several strong beers.

i love rod’s! it feels so authentic and it is clean and tidy. it does not feel dangerous in any way, and they have EVERYTHING you could want.

I got the whole nacho idea from Christina who posted a review earlier.
This place is great! The staff are happy people which shows they love their job and even the workers (electrician that was on a ladder?) that doesn’t work there helps a sista out when the nacho cheese runs out. He was on ladder fixing a light and asked the cashier that was busy to help me. If you are in there you become part of a great community. Fast happy helpers and happy customers.

Perfect Experience~ Perfect Ten!
Why?
Originated as a a beer&liquors package store~
They launched the every frig boxes in the store, into single-​beer retailing heaven!
Serving with Full AC, it is THE best place to grab refreshment during the great event of «Orange International Street Fair»
Fantastic choices~ Fantastic prices~
Go in~ Take your time, to browse through gazillion options~
Domestic Beer is from $ 3.00 to $ 3.50
ITS CHEAPER then those mobile beer stations!
And you DON’T EVEN NEED TO WAIT IN THE LINE, UNDER THE SUN!
I love this place!
Remember to get yourself a «BEER Bracelet» ($ 2.00/each)
and dig in the fun!

Great workers and I must say they have the best nachos everrrr. All you can eat cheese and jalapenos… just for $ 1! cant get any better than that. Enough said.

Rod’s rules. Period. It’s a staple of old towne Orange, if you ask me. People that work there are super cool too. Good booze selection, and like someone below said, cool magazines.
There’s also a dude that’s been working there for about a year and half the time he’ll give you the wrong change back. Sometimes it works out in your favor. Sometimes not. Last year I ended up coming out a few bucks ahead. It’s part of the fun of Rod’s.
They usually are open during the Street Fair, and that’s the way to go as far as getting boozed up that weekend if you ask me. Although they werent open in 2007. People were pissed.

You can get surprisingly good beer here. It was also only a few blocks away from my friends house. It is perhaps my favorite liquor store in Orange County and the only one I can really remember by name.
Sometimes I miss living near Orange, ’cause the general area was so awesome. And Rod’s definitely contributed to a lot of that fun… Get a few bottles, drink ‘em up on my friends porch in the middle of a war Sunday afternoon. Yeah, that was nice.

It’s a little liquor store on the corner of Olive St. and Chapman in Old Towne Orange (the Orange Circle)… They have everything… Junk food, tampons, magazines, cigarettes, pads, coffee, OTC medicine, alcohol, condoms, lottery tickets and more… I have never bought any liquor here just my water and gum sometimes a candy bar or a bag of nuts if I am in the mood…
Staff here are all rad… Friendly, funny, just rad as fuck people…
They have a small selection of magazines here as well. Extra star for Rod’s because they carry Juxtapoz…