Ginger’s Drive Through Liquor

Oh, sweet, sweet revenge. Finally I shall have my say. Ten years ago, some college friends and I were pulling through the drive through of this establishment to stock up for the weekend. This was our neighborhood store and let’s just say we spent a lot of our money here. So, this dark haired guy takes a look at me and starts screaming at me as loud as he could about how the previous week my car had leaked some oil on their pavement, and as a result, some female customer had felt nauseous and I had caused her to almost pass out. Ummmm… that wasn’t me, buddy, and even if it had been, it wouldn’t have been intentional and I’m sure was nowhere near the Super Fund site he was making it out to be. I had no recourse at the time, but here is my sweet, sweet karmic justice. We started taking our business elsewhere that very day.

Super awesome! Family that runs this place is super sweet. Funny, he’s from the Bay Area and spends part of his time here and in Boulder. Totally random. Three words — 1. Drive 2. Through 3. Liquor. «nuff said… Please pull up to the window…

Not only is a drive through Liquor amazing, its great when you pull up and you are greeted by the family that owns it. They are so nice and helpful when I am browsing the wine, giving me great suggestions.
My son loves his free suckers as well.
The convenience of their hours and location are a plus.

«sweetness» aside, I’ve checked the expiration date on their beer, and, uh…90% of their beer is at least 2 months EXPIRED.
As a brewer of 10+ years, this is unacceptable. The expiration dates says it all. look for yourself.
Oh, and by judging other reviews (not to put you down personally, I’m glad you had a good experience) but, one even mentions that the wines are «off» yes… because they are expired. They over-​order. The owner graciously offered me a refund, but I took my chances on an $ 8 bottle of Stone brewery beer, a black IPA, and it was… er…a tad fruity. The cooler was definitely not turned up very well, as my beer came out at about 50 °F…not very cool. I understand the plight of the working class, but ALL, I MEAN, ALL… of their Arrogant Bastard Ale was over 2 months expired… thats just a tad. er…illegal.

The family who runs this place are super sweet and they usually have some pretty good sales running. The drive-​thru is a pretty novel idea to me too, as I’ve never lived anywhere where there’s been a drive through liquor store.
–1 star, because some of their white wines are occasionally a little off. I think they must not sell too much of that, but everything else is great.

A friend from California was visiting during a snowstorm and all we wanted to do was get drunk off good wine, cuddle in front of the fire under blankets wearing «I don’t care if I look fat» sweatpants and eat ice cream while watching something romantikal. No we’re not dating, but when your bestie girlfriend who’s never seen snow comes in the middle of a blizzard, you try to make her comfortable with some Ben and Jerry’s, Jane Austen and a good Zin.
So we went to Safeway for the obligatory ice cream trek (driving 15 miles an hour in the flurries) and were utterly miffed when we realized (again) that Colorado has some bizzaro liquor laws. One license per chain/​store throughout the state. Really? So we panicked because it was 10:55PM and were totally convinced everything would be closed. But, according to mobile Unilocal,the little drive through was open. ZOMG! We rushed over, jumped out of the car and made our way inside.
There was no need to panic, the store workers were very chill, letting us browse and goof off, telling us «no rush». I think they were rolling our eyes at us in our matching «Berkeley» sweatgear and uggs giggling like 15 year olds but c’mon, ice cream, vino, jane austen!;we were excited!
Anyway, the store itself had mostly beer (they know their audience), but did have some decent choices of wine crammed into that tiny space. I’ve never used the drive though, but I’m determined to one of these snowstorms.

I love this place. We lovingly call it the «Taco Bell Liquor Store» because it’s located in the old Taco Bell building on 28^th st and even retains a functional drive-​through! It’s charming to walk into a tiny little free-​standing building packed to the brim with carefully selected wine, beer and liquors. Family-​owned and operated. Small selection, but nice range of prices. Good local store to pick up table wine, local microbrews on the way home from work, etc. For specialty liquors or gifts, I’d still head to Liquor Mart.