Ardmore Station Liquors

Great selection, owner is really engaging and he knows his beer too. I’m not an IPA fan so he always has a great selection of wheats and other alternatives. I often use a store’s selection of Solemn Oath beers as a variety measuring stick and he had 8 which is excellent. Another bonus is Montecasino Mexican Grill is right next door. Fantastic, authentic food and it’s BYOB!

This place is the bomb when it comes to craft beer! Awesome selection, fair prices and great owner. You can find pretty much anything and everything here.

Excellent selection! Like a kid in a candy store for craft beer. You have to search around for specific items because it is everywhere in the store. They also have a good stock of hard to find beers.

This place is excellent all around. From the super friendly staff to the awesome selection of craft beers. I’m from Michigan and stopped in to see if they had a selection of local brews. The owner walked up and down each aisle with me just having a conversation of the breweries and different beers he’s experienced and enjoyed. Their prices are reasonable and the fact that you can build your own six packs with any 12oz on the shelf is rare. I do not visit this area often but will stopping by every time I do.

Hellllooo! Ardmore Station Liquors truly is a hidden gem for craft beer lovers!
My brother recommended this one day when I was looking for Three Floyds Zombie Dust. Since then, this is my go to around the Villa Park area. The guys who work here are a trip! They’re so funny and always joke with us.
Prices are very comparable to their competitor, Foremost Liquors.
They always carry some kind of Three Floyd’s but if that’s not what you’re wanting, I’m sure you can find what your looking for here!

I’m giving 5 stars because their craft beer selection was awesome. About 4 rows of beer to search through. I spent an hour in there. I think their selection is a little better than Beer Temple (IMO). I’m from Oklahoma so I am not biased. Friendly staff, I don’t know if that part of town is good but I felt safe and the store was clean with beer everywhere!

Best beer store around! Great selection that included hard to find craft beers!

I love this place. I have been coming here since I moved to Villa Park in search of a local liquor store that sells craft beer. Since then, they have expanded to another location and they also have increased their beer stock. I recommend you sign up for their email and rewards program. Sonny and Perry will are always willing to hook you up with some goodies.

What a great place, saying they have a nice selection of craft beers is an Understatement… This place is a must shop if you’re in to beer… easy 5 stars… The owners are also very nice, knowledgeable and very helpful…

Not a bad liquor store. They generally have what I’m looking for and sometimes some new stuff. A few times I came here when they didn’t have what I was looking for but he promised to order it soon so I’ll definitely give him an A for effort.
The prices are reasonable. I wouldn’t go so far as to say the best I’ve seen because I got another liquor spot in Bellwood that holds that title. But they work.

Visiting from out of state and desperately wanted to find some Pipeworks. I was not disappointed. They had everything I was looking for, huge selection. I also picked up some nice bottles from Avery such as Maharaja that are a little hard to find. The employees were super friendly and helpful. A+. I only hope I can make it back again someday.

I’m typically stingy with 5 stars, especially after only my first visit to an establishment but this place is for real. Their bottle selection for local craft brew is ridiculous considering their size when compared to Binnys. Easily had 30 different Pipeworks releases and more Spiteful beers than I’ve ever seen in one place.
But customer service is what earns them that 5^th star.
Firstly they hosted a free (yes, free beer) event with about 20 or more breweries pouring rare beers like Goose Island BCBS 2013. The owner was also grabbing bottles of various Pipeworks beers from their cellar like they were going out of style.
Then they had a «buy 4, get 1 free» deal which is also unheard of for liquor. My Binnys card never gets me squat on beer. Employees I spoke to were super helpful and very knowledge on beer in general.
Also somehow I had a wrong six pack in my bags and I went back to the store with my receipt and they gladly swapped it for what I originally wanted and gave me the difference back in cash, smiling the entire time.
Extra credit for being located adjacent to a great little taco place which is BYOB. So head out here for lunch, crack a cold bomber from 18^th St and full up your trunk with whatever your car’s suspension can handle.

I stopped by here as a result of someone giving me their business card and recommending that I stop in. My main purpose in going was to check out their craft beer selection. The two guys behind the counter were very nice and just a lot of fun to talk with about the craft beer scene. They have several things that are not available at Binny’s, and impressively their prices were still good even though they are not a large chain. The store is much bigger inside than it seems when you first pull up. Probably one of the better craft beer selections in the western burbs.

I have been going to Ardmore Station for roughly 12 months now. I found them after a quick interwebs search on craft beer near Lombard. It has been great ever sense. Great bottle selection, especially local Chicago craft. I enjoy the fact that I can do a pick 6 of any craft beer they have for zero premium or just one bottle if I so choose.
Will continue to go back, not because of the selection, but because they have great customer service.

This is my first ever review on Unilocal but after one visit, I felt compelled to write a review. I went there for their craft beer on a friend’s recommendation, and their craft beer selection is mighty. They are very knowledgeable about their beers and extremely helpful. If they don’t have a beer you are looking for, they do their best to try and get it for you. One of the things I like most about their business is that when you find a rare beer, they don’t bend you over a barrel with the price.
Another great feature they have is that they will sell you any bottle out of a 4 or 6 pack at no additional cost. Any bottle. Not like other liquor stores where you have to dig through a limited selection finding only 1 or 2 beers you want and have to buy 4 or 5 other «filler beers» just to complete the six pack. Not at Ardmore. If you just want to try one beer then one beer is all you have to buy. By far, the coolest feature.

Go buy your beer from them. They have about 25 variations of Pipeworks and everything else imaginable.
Cool dudes running the shop as well.

I get slightly nervous when hit up Ardmore Liquors. I may only be wanting one specific beer, but I end up making it rain in this bitch. Good thing my pockets on swole. For craft beer people, this store is what booty clubs are to sex addicts.
They GumBALL Head so hard. Then they BALLast Point so hard. Sometimes having too many options is a bad thing. Am I going to complain? Hell to the no. Lets be real.
If you don’t speak my slanguage, I’m telling you that Ardmore Liquors has a huge craft beer selection. I’ve been clamoring to find a liquor store reasonably close to my crib that has a selection like this. Not only do they have a ton of beer, but it’s kept neat. They arrange all their beers by brewery, so things aren’t scattered all over the place. They even have one of those machines by the register that makes your bomber cold.
A glaring added bonus about Ardmore Liquors is that their employees are really accommodating and friendly. I would say that it’s family owned, but that would be presumptuous. Then I would be the subject of accusation in thinking all Indian people look alike.
I accredit them for using social media. Whenever there is a beer I’m wanting, I «tweet» them to inquire if they have it. They kindly let me know if they do or when they expect they will. I’m in tight with these mofos.
If you’re on that good kush and alcohol, and want some down brews you can haul, check them out.
You shouldn’t give a damn about no hater as long as your beers are sudsy.

This place is an absolute HIDDEN GEM!!! At first glance, I thought it was a very small liquor store, but what I didn’t notice from the outside was that they had expanded and taken over the stores adjacent to their initial location. This makes it a bigger than average liquor store with a HUGE selection of craft beer and micro brews. I regularly go to Binny’s for their craft beer selection, and Ardmore Station Liquors really competes.
They might not have quite as many beers to choose from as Binny’s, but they have many beers that Binny’s doesn’t even have. For instance, when I went in for my first time, Founders had just released a Triple IPA called Devil Dancer. My local Binny’s sold out of this beer the same day they got it in and only sold a single 12oz bottle per person. Upon mentioning this to Sunny, the owner, he guided me to the counter where he pulled out a 4-​pack. Awesome! They also carry many beers that are more difficult to get such as Gumballhead and Zombie Dust to name a few. Not to mention many local brews that are harder to come by.
I didn’t even look at their liquor or wine selections because I am a beer guy and this is definitely a craft beer fan’s dream. The surprising part is that you would expect a local liquor store to charge more than the supermarket or Binny’s, but their prices were honestly very competitive. I also have a kegerator and Sunny quoted me on some keg prices which were all below that of Binny’s.
So don’t pass this place up next time you drive by. It is really easy to miss, even if you’re looking for it. I love supporting local businesses, especially when they are operating as such a fine establishment.

I’m reticent to review because I want to keep this place to myself!
Huge selection — a lot of goodies you aren’t going to find at the usual places. Nobody else has Gumball Head — they did!
Great service, excellent selection, a great hidden neighborhood gem of a place!

After my first review (3 stars) I was encouraged by Sunny, the owner of Ardmore, to come back in and give it another try.
Located right next to the Ardmore Metra station this small, convenient store /​laundromat looking store is a little rough around the edges. The parking lot is a little odd with a small amount of spaces and the pillars from the sign in the middle of it.
When I walked and headed right for the beer, Sunny told me that when I was done browsing he’d show me what else he had in the back. I wondered around for a bit looking over his beer selection which, is pretty good considering it’s a smaller store. After browsing and selecting a few craft bottles Sunny came over and asked if I was ready to see what else he had. From the looks of it he had just received a big shipment because there were unloaded boxes every where of hidden gems. He went through every box he had in the front of the store and then told me he had a few other things in the back he was saving for himself.
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Ardmore is a hidden gem for craft beer lovers. Sunny went above and beyond the call of duty to make sure we were happy. He was pleasant and very helpful. The prices aren’t bad either!