Gomers Northland Fine Wine and Spirits

I spend way more money at Gomers — should there be an apostrophe there? — than I should, but I’ve got to be ready when the grownup kids come home. Amongst the fam, Grandpa’s and Grandma’s house is aka «Dad’s Liquor Store,» and they love that it’s free! Sheesh! Plus, I work and live south of Kansas City during the week and go home to Atchison on weekends. Gomers is just so darn convenient for me.
The selection will overwhelm you, especially the beer and wine. On the beer side, if Gomers doesn’t stock it, you can’t get it in Kansas City. I’ll drink a good beer somewhere on vacation and look for it when I get home. I’ve asked and been told that not all beers are available wholesale everywhere in the U.S. I drink a great Bahamian beer, Kalik, when I’m in South Florida, but they don’t distribute to the Midwest. Plus, there are so many craft beers around today, it would be literally impossible to stock them all. That said, Gomers’ selection is incredible. As I’ve gotten older I drink way less, but much better, beer. Serious beer aficionados don’t go to Gomers for Natty Light and Keystone. I drink very little — well none, in fact — domestic popular brand beer these days. But, I enjoy the numerous selections of European lagers, Mexican cerveza, Asian beers and American and India pale ales. Gomers is loyal to the locals, carrying all the Boulevard and Free State brews.
Gomers has the wine you need. .. from the 8-​buck table wine to the $ 500 bottle of Burgundy. Whether you shop for wine by country, region, varietal or price, you shouldn’t leave Gomers disappointed. They do a fair job of tagging the wines with ratings by Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast. You’ll find wines rated in the upper-​80s to lower-​90s range for reasonable prices if you take the time to look. If your wine shopping consists of picking a red or white in the 12-​to-​15 buck range, just grab-​n-​go. You’re safe at Gomers. Bad wine is an oxymoron.
The selection of spirits is a little more limited, probably only because of the finiteness of square footage and shelf space. I get it. Stock the stuff that sells. The choices are still ample, nevertheless. Maybe it’s me — I don’t see the gallon of milk in the fridge sometimes — but classic Sazeracs need absinthe and good Cognac, and I have yet to spot those two ingredients. Next time, Gordy, check your macho and just ask.
Sometimes they offer good advice without being asked. Once I was standing in front of the vodka perusing the selection. The Gomers guy comes up, hands me a bottle of Sobieski and says, «Try this. Just as good as Stoli for less.» I did and he was right.
Finally, I can’t finish this review without mentioning the piano man. On Saturday afternoons it’s great to shop with live piano music playing. Classic stuff. .. Gershwin, Porter, Bernstein. One Saturday as I was wheeling my cart around «stocking up,» I heard the Henry Mancini hit «Days of Wine and Roses» emanating from the ivories. Knowing the story of the Jack Lemmon-​Lee Remick Oscar nominated movie, I paused to wonder if that was the best song to be playing in a liquor store. But hey, the song won the Oscar!

We’ve wanted to visit Gomer’s for a long time, but it seemed so far from Liberty. We went this morning and found a fantastic selection of alcohol. Now we know where to go for friendly help learning what to choose when we host family dinners.

Excellent selection of wines. Knowledgeable staff. Found this place by chance and have been pleased ever since! I drive a good distance to go to this liquor store!!! I am a faithful customer and I am treated as such!!!

They allow all of their bottles to be sold as singles. This is a great way to try a bunch of different beers without committing to a 4 or 6 pack. And every other Saturday they have free tastings, which is great to try out new beers!

Gomer’s has what you’re looking for, and they’ve got it at a reasonable price. Plus they have great wine tasting events, and the employees are very knowledgable. If (surprisingly) they don’t have what you’re looking for, they can order it in for you.

Having grown up in Parkville, I remember days decades ago in the small little strip (next to the killer donut shop and leather store I dearly miss) wherein Gomers always had a sucker for me as a tot and walk in coolers I found fun to play in while dad got his beer for the Sunday game.
Well, they have upgraded to say the least since those days but still have friendly service, great selection, knowledgeable staff and great prices! I adore Ken who always has a good suggestion on hand and I’ve never gone in and not had a free sample of some new fresh spirit to try! They have a member card which I recommend, a selection of locals and imports and just always meet my expectations. I’ve even run in moments before close and meandered through the store and no one rushed me!

Gomer’s is definitely our go-​to alcohol stop. The prices are reasonable and they have a HUGE selection. We’ve been to the Friday tastings a couple times and they are a neat way to sample things you aren’t gutsy enough to purchase on your own. We have a Gomer’s card and it offers neat perks like being able to purchase the Chocolate Ale and discounts. I’ve only asked for help a couple times (like recommendations on local wines), but have never had a problem with the customer service. Most of the employees seem to be beer loving guys, though, so I don’t expect the same bubbly cheer from them that I would walking into, say, a Build A Bear. Best tip: Sign up for the weekly newsletters for info about the tastings and specials!

For one of the better beer selections in the Northland, I really like coming to this Gomers. I have to admit, many of my past trips I have completely agreed with many other reviewers on the grumpy/​unfriendliness of the staff here and would never walked up to one of them to ask a question. Something about being in there tonight I think maybe they’re trying to change that up a little. While there were some of the unfriendly looking usuals working, the 3 other guys there were actually really nice and welcoming. It was a super nice change! I really hope this is a trend that’ll continue to improve. That said, even when I wasn’t comfortable talking to any employees there, I still would go for the selection of craft beers and the tastings on Friday nights.

I really enjoy the beer selection here. The staff has always been helpful when I’ve gone. Beers that I can’t find anywhere else are consistently stocked here.
They have a mix and match six pack option allowing you to get as few as 3 bottles. The selection for this is one of the better mix and matches in the area.
The wine tastings and beer tastings are a nice touch. I definitely recommend this store for any and all curious about its quality.

When we’re looking for wine for a dinner party, different kinds of beers to fill the ‘fridge, or some liquor we need to cook a meal, Gomers usually has what we’re looking for. When we’re in the area we try our best to stop in because the selection at liquor stores where we live further up north pale in comparison to Gomers.
It’s too bad that several other Unilocalers have experienced bad service at this Gomers location. My family has received great customer service from the employees the few times we’ve been here. We come in here with some very specific questions and requests (Doppelbock beers, Riesling wine from a specific winery, etc.) and each time they took the time to talk to us about what we’re looking for and the few times they don’t have the items we want they come up with comparable alternatives. When we check out, the guys up front aren’t the most chipper people in the world but they are polite and always offer suckers to our kids before we leave.
That being said, they could spend some more time cleaning (they have a huuuge stock so cleaning everything would probably be a pain, but a dusting every now and then would so that I don’t have to wipe off a coating of dust off my wine before I open it).
As long as we don’t have an issues with customer service like other people have we’ll be happy to continue patronizing Gomers.

I was only here because we were buying a car down at Northtowne Mazda and I was killing time sweating out the salesman. Not once in the 30 minutes we were here did anyone ask us for help. They did have a 1.5L of Brunello I wanted but it was sitting upright for who knows how long. I asked them on the way out if they had gotten any Sine Qua Non, which is a very hard to get collectible wine and they looked at each other confused and said no. All the other Gomer’s in Missouri had gotten some that week. Of the 5 employees there on a Saturday at noon you would like one of them knew a thing or two about their products. I wouldn’t have hurt to look in the computer to see if you had it either. Oh well. This is not anywhere close to where I live so I’ll just keep going to Gomer’s South or in Lenexa

Gomer’s has a really good selection of everything alcohol. They’ve done some rearranging and I think that’s helped with the organization of the store.
Need a suggestion for a great beer? Talk to Jason. He’s the man… he knows all about beer and can give a great recommendation based on your tastes. And don’t forget about beer tasting on Fridays.

Gomer’s has a great selection of beer and wine. It’s the one place I know for sure that I can get Bell’s Two-​Hearted, my favorite beer. As far as I can tell their prices are pretty good (Bell’s is expensive everywhere).
I’ve never had a problem with service like some others have. They’ve never been overly friendly, but never either have I been treated rudely.
My wife and I went for a tasting recently when they were sampling beers from the brewery up the road in Weston. It was a fun time. The Gomer’s employee was knowledgeable about his beer, and there was a good crowd of what seemed like true beer-​lovers who were fun to talk to.
We enjoy stopping by Gomer’s whenever we’re heading home from a trip to Parkville to check out the wine sales. We can almost always find a really good wine for a pretty good price by checking the sales.

As a ‘regular’ at Gomer’s, I can honestly say that there are some… mmmm…grumpy individuals in the brew here. That all said, I’m still a regular and there are sometimes gems-​in-​the-​rough worth mentioning.
Friday Beer Tastings… in the 4ish to 6ish PM range. Go there, drink, and then buy something.
Saturday Wine Tastings… in the Noonish to 4ish range. Same prescription.
And as far as people go, chat up Jason a bit. He’s a good guy and will steer you right, especially if you’re into good beers.

I’ve got to say, I am kind of torn about this rating. Gomers has a good selection of beer, wine, and spirits. The employees, if not exactly friendly, are mostly benign. And the place has free beer tastings on Fridays. But. I must say that one of my main criteria in rating any place is how well it treats its customers. And the owner of this place is a grade A jerk. I don’t say that lightly. I don’t say that from only one (or two, or three) encounters. He has been a jerk to us on numerous occasions, and I have witnessed him treat many other customers the same way.
One small example. He was ringing up our beer order one evening, and sweetie happened to mention to him that we enjoy picking up beer there every weekend. (My sweetie, being a very nice person, and making conversation.) And the owner, I kid you not, objected, and said that he didn’t remember seeing us there every weekend, and if we had been there, he would have seen us, so he didn’t know what we were talking about. ??? The employees who overhead just looked at us, eyes widening, and shook their heads behind his back. (They, who do see us every weekend.) I was stunned. There we were, paying, PAYING, for beer, and the owner was calling us liars. This, as I said, is just one example of his truly outrageous attitude. If he were just one employee, then this wouldn’t have been such a big deal. But he is the owner, making the profit on everything that sells. And he doesn’t deserve one dime of your money.
So, Gomers is convenient, the drink selection is good (though somewhat expensive), but we have stopped going there much. The only reason that we do drop by once in a while is because we like to visit with a few of the employees (when the owner isn’t around). If you can, go instead to the Red X just a couple of miles away. The selection is good, the prices are better, and no jerk of an owner will get in your face.

Gomer’s in Parkville looks like it would be a wonderful place to purchase beer or liquor… until you walk inside. I stopped in on my lunch break recently to see if they had Boulevard’s 21^st Anniversary Pale Ale (I had to ask because the disorganization inside made it difficult to find anything).
Unfortunately, a rather indifferent and (apparently) unknowledgeable staff had never heard of it and suggested that it didn’t even exist because «there is more misinformation out there about Boulevard than any other brewer.» Never mind this beer had already been released in Iowa and had been talked about ad nauseam on the Internet for several weeks.
Needless to say, I won’t be going back. If you live in the Northland, your best bet is to check out Bubbles Wine & Spirits on N. Oak or Red X in Riverside. Both have great selections and friendly, knowledgeable staff.

They have a good selection and the staff is very helpful. Check out the Beer tastings every Friday night starting at 4.