Steve’s Liquor and Fine Wine

This is right by my house, cannot beleive I just now stopped in.
Plenty of parking. Was in and out in a flash, as they happened to have the baby bottles of Bailey’s and Kaluha right behind the counter (that surprised me for such a small location.)
Guy was pleasent enough, not so chatty as to slow me up.
Solid first time experience. Not much to comment on however. I’m sure I will return and update from there.

Pricey Bacardi Rum for no reason, and the clerks there were kind of into my *business* if you know what I mean (annoying)… I’ll go back because of the close location, but there’s definately better places in Austin.

Yesterday I woke up early and headed over to my friend’s house to help paint a bedroom. It was going to be a fun day of painting and mimosas… however when I arrived at 9:30am I realized we only had OJ and no champagne. So I decided to run around the corner to Steve’s.
I must have looked like a serious addict… in my rush to get champagne, I totally forgot that you can’t sell alcohol until after 10. So I sat in my car and waited it out for about 20 mins.
When I went into the store, I was greeted by Health who was really friendly. Originally I was going to buy two bottles of Veuve Cliquot but upon entering realized that was stupid to ruin good champagne with OJ. Heath helped me pick out a French sparking for $ 12 bucks a bottle!
The downside is that the store is small and they do not have a lot of variety. It’s a quick and easy place to run into if you are in Tarrytown.

I did not enjoy my interaction with the extremely rude sales guy (who I am actually fairly certain is the owner). I had stopped in to quickly pick up some beer. I was «greeted» (if you can call it that) by the above mentioned gentleman at the door, looked up and down and then he sneered «can I help you?». I asked him where the beer cooler was and he directed me to the back of the store. He followed me back there where the following conversation took place:
Him: (with a tone of utter disbelief): Are you looking for something?
Me: Yes, I would like some Blue Moon.
Him: (rudely and still sneering at me) Well, we don’t have that.
Me: Hmmm…
Him: (still rude and sneering): Anything else you want?
Me: Could you recommend a favorite wheat beer?
Him: (as though he were speaking to an idiot toddler): Well, since all beer is made from wheat, anything in that cooler should do.
Me: (my turn for disbelief) Umm, ok. How about a nice Hefeweizen?
Him: Sighs loudly. That Paulaner is ok.
Me: Fine.
So I take the beer to the counter, at this point just wanting to get away from the obnoxious, sneering guy who is talking to me like I am the dumbest person he has ever come across. At the counter he says (keeping the sneer up): «I assume you have some sort of ID that you think you are going to be able use.» I hand over my very valid, very over 21 ID. He looks at it says «oh, wow. You are older than you look.» End of conversation and I leave.
So at this point it seems pretty obvious that he was being rude and condescending because he was assuming I wasn’t old enough to buy the beer I was asking about. This does not excuse his behavior. If he thought I was under 21 he could have legitimately asked to see my ID at any point while I was in the store. I would have happily handed it over, understanding that it is his license on the line here. But he did not choose this path. Instead, he elected to make snarky comments and be condescending. Not only that, but once he saw that I was of age, he did not apologize or issue any sort of correction for his behavior/​rudeness.
I will not be back to this place. If I want to be sneered at, I’ll go to a snooty clothing boutique ;-)