Flair Beverages
“REMEMBER This is a CASH ONLY transaction here, so to avoid ATM charges hit the ATM at your local bank first.”
“It's about as big as a football field in there and stacked practically to the ceiling with all manners of beers, sodas, juices, bottled waters (yecch!)”
“This place competes with the Cloisters and Presbyterian Hospital for being able to attract people far and wide to Inwood/Washington Heights.”
Flair Beverages
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
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$ Price range Inexpensive
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Cheap Cheap did i say cheap beer? This place is great if you like to drink beer or have an event coming up. They have every type, every brand every flavor, even found a type I had only seen in Europe and couldn't find here in the USA. It's CASH ONLY. Come prepared.
The only bad thing about this place is that the guys that work there or at least load the Beverages don't speak much English, I speak Spanish as well, but they still did not seem to know much about pricing for certain things. Nonetheless most of the beverages have prices listed. They also have soda, juices, some wines, wine coolers, hard ciders. No reason for you to pay retail prices for beer or bevarages when you can come here. I spelled beverages wrong because I'm already drunk.
Yup, I'm with ya on Flair's, Steve. I know I've spent more than I care to remember in this place over the years, even though their prices are fantastic. That's a lot of beer. They supply most of the bodegas in the area, so don't be put off by the immensity of the place, or the frequent hustle and bustle. It's one of those places where you walk up and down the aisles oohing and aahing and saying things like, "I love that stuff. Let's get some." It's fun to experiment and find new favorites too. I always go to Flair before having a party…and often before attending one.
SO awesome. The yelper in me wants to ding a star because they don't have the _BEST_ beer selection, but this place is just so amazing that I can let it pass. it's just like the Costco drinks aisle in California, but it's a whole store. And of course the variety is much larger. They have a focus on Latino specialty sodas and beers, which is to be expected due to its Bronx/Inwood straddling location. (They have Jarritos in all the flavors!)
Some people say they sell wine here, but that's wrong; they only sell 'wine product', the disgusting, low-ABV bastard child of marketing and NY state liquor laws. Basically, they sell beer, malt drinks (Mike's, Smirnoff Ice), and nonalcoholic drinks, period.
tl;dr I got a 12-pack of Harp for $12 after CRV. I could've also gotten a 6-pack of Lone Star for $5. That's really all that needs to be said. And then I took it on the conveniently located subway. Bam.
One day I was reading a beer newspaper, when something caught my eye; Flair–which I previously didn't know about–listed specials on a number of Dogfish Head beers. I was very high up on Dogfish Head at the time (and still fairly new to craft beer), and wanting to try all of the beers they make. While the prices and selection was good, I was living in Orange County at the time and this would be an hour and a half ride down to the city mostly for beer. Then I saw that they have Squall IPA. Dogfish Head had just finished making the last of Squall as they discontinued it. It was impossible to find. Given this, I called ahead to make sure they had it, and decided to make the trek down.
I get there, park in their small parking lot, and go in to find where the Dogfish Head is. Their selection wasn't quite as impressive as I was hoping for; they'll have what they advertise, but most of the place was just random soft drinks and BMC beers. I get to the Dogfish Head section, and there's no Squall. One person claimed they just sold out, another said they haven't had any for some time. I was pretty pissed off, but grabbed a few beers and made my way to the register. After a load of attitude from one of the cashiers who rang me up, I left underwhelmed and disappointed. It's also cash only, which doesn't make any sense but was fine.
I eventually found Squall at a place up in Yonkers, but I still came way out of my way to go here for what amounted to nothing. While the attitude of some employees is great and they'll help you as much as they can (even if they aren't super knowledgeable), the attitude of others can be shitty. Of course, the ones with a bad attitude also don't a damned thing about what they're selling. If you live near Flair, it might be worth going to. But if you're downtown or anywhere else in the city, find somewhere else. Flair seems to be overrated here because Manhattanites don't know the other options. Hit Super Buy-Rite in Jersey City or Brooklyn Beverage in Brooklyn, or Half Time if you're upstate. The prices aren't better than other bargain beer stores, and the curation/service is sub par.
This is THE place to be to get your beer shopping done.
They got everything AND it's affordable but….cash only, so make sure you hit the ATM before you get there.
The ladies at checkout can be a little bitchy, but I usually don't care about that when i got delicious beer around me.