Only 1 review and a 1 star!? THIS is why I love Yelp and particularly, love being Elite so I can say good things about nice hardworking businesspeople.
I can't imagine what this Andrew R's problem is, though certainly one has to be suspicious when someone's Yelp handle is "BEATEN AND ROBBED BY ORAL SURGEON." This bespeaks mental instability at the very least. Everyone I have known who lived or worked in Astoria was normal and nice. He must be the token cuckoo.
This is a GREAT store. It's convenient to my apartment but Garnet which is snooty is not much further and because I take the 66 crosstown from Hunter, Garnet is easy for me too.
I love this store. One day they had a tasting on a horrific cold day. I was on the UWS and for the first time understood why Upper East Siders refuse to move to the UWS under any circumstances. It's f***** freezing over there when the wind blows off the Hudson! I cabbed because the 72 never came by Stephen Wise Temple near my dance studio–and I saw a cab door nearly blown off–and arrived to my hood happy about a 10 degree bump.
I buy Knob Creek here every 2 months when I'm in the city for my friend in whose apartment I live when it's available as my friend is a whiskey drinker and if not drinking Middleton or something obscenely pricey, Knob is the go-to daily whiskey.
They have a bargain closet with wines under 15, which includes many under 10.
You couldn't ask for more in a liquor store off a street with brownstones in the 8-9 million range, an area with restaurants and bars where you can't get a glass of wine not at happy hour for under 13-14.
Embassy is great. I also love 67 Wine which is much bigger and a true wine lover's mecca. But of all the UES liquor stores, I go to this one the most.
I had a really good experience at the place on Park around 55th this week. (I have to look up the name but they had a tasting on 10/16 from 2-4 as I was walking back from New York Health and Racquet, which I will Yelp about now, a great surprise as anything on Park or Mad is generally overpriced. They were doing a tasting of 3 Arboleda wines and I bought the Carmanere, a Chilean wine with a fascinating history and for once, I liked the 20 better than the 95.)
I highly recommend this if you live in the 60s East. There's other stuff in the 80s I like too. My friend was here on 9/11 and everything was closed, so with a friend and neighbor walked up to 88th or so to get some wine at the only store open that horrific and life-transforming day.
Only 1 review and a 1 star!? THIS is why I love Yelp and particularly, love being Elite so I can say good things about nice hardworking businesspeople.
I can't imagine what this Andrew R's problem is, though certainly one has to be suspicious when someone's Yelp handle is "BEATEN AND ROBBED BY ORAL SURGEON." This bespeaks mental instability at the very least. Everyone I have known who lived or worked in Astoria was normal and nice. He must be the token cuckoo.
This is a GREAT store. It's convenient to my apartment but Garnet which is snooty is not much further and because I take the 66 crosstown from Hunter, Garnet is easy for me too.
I love this store. One day they had a tasting on a horrific cold day. I was on the UWS and for the first time understood why Upper East Siders refuse to move to the UWS under any circumstances. It's f***** freezing over there when the wind blows off the Hudson! I cabbed because the 72 never came by Stephen Wise Temple near my dance studio–and I saw a cab door nearly blown off–and arrived to my hood happy about a 10 degree bump.
I buy Knob Creek here every 2 months when I'm in the city for my friend in whose apartment I live when it's available as my friend is a whiskey drinker and if not drinking Middleton or something obscenely pricey, Knob is the go-to daily whiskey.
They have a bargain closet with wines under 15, which includes many under 10.
You couldn't ask for more in a liquor store off a street with brownstones in the 8-9 million range, an area with restaurants and bars where you can't get a glass of wine not at happy hour for under 13-14.
Embassy is great. I also love 67 Wine which is much bigger and a true wine lover's mecca. But of all the UES liquor stores, I go to this one the most.
I had a really good experience at the place on Park around 55th this week. (I have to look up the name but they had a tasting on 10/16 from 2-4 as I was walking back from New York Health and Racquet, which I will Yelp about now, a great surprise as anything on Park or Mad is generally overpriced. They were doing a tasting of 3 Arboleda wines and I bought the Carmanere, a Chilean wine with a fascinating history and for once, I liked the 20 better than the 95.)
I highly recommend this if you live in the 60s East. There's other stuff in the 80s I like too. My friend was here on 9/11 and everything was closed, so with a friend and neighbor walked up to 88th or so to get some wine at the only store open that horrific and life-transforming day.