West Concord Liquor Store

I was in Concord, visiting my family from Vermont. I stopped here to pick up a some beverages to bring with me. I had stopped there before and it was lovely. Unfortunately, this time, I was rudely and inappropriately berated and refused service, as I have a Vermont license. I found the situation offensive and embarrassing. This kind of harassment should not be tolerated. How our tourists supposed to buy beer on their summer vacations? What a poor business model. This place is elitist and awful! I will never return. As a side note, I have never been refused service anywhere else in MA. NEVER.

We bought the beer and wine for our wedding reception from West Concord Liquor. Chris, who handles delivery orders, helped us out a lot. He made some good suggestions for beer and wine, and let me taste whatever I wanted. He communicated well through the whole deal, as well.
They delivered our order on time on a Sunday morning, and everything was cold and ready to go. They picked up what we didn’t drink and charged us for what we did, and the price came out to 5 or 6 dollars a guest, when we were expecting to spend 10 per. Chris really helped me stay within our budget, and I would work with him again in a second for another event.

Great selection wine and spirits — truly a local gem. Great prices and the do some great mark downs on the wines. They always have some sort of tasting going on, really nice people no matter who I’ve spoken to. Also very knowledgable at least with the wines and if they don’t know, they’ll find someone that does!
If they don’t have what your looking for just ask, so far they are two for two = didn’t have what I was looking for so they ordered it — came in the next week and what do you know I’m walking out with my bottle of wine that they haven’t stocked since 2012 (no problem). Next time, it was just my bad eye sight, wasn’t exactly the type I was looking for but when I clarified — he asked someone and in less than 3 minutes I had exactly what I was looking for (as well as a new one to try) — great customer service = good up-​sell as well.
Great selection, prices and nice people — too bad I wasn’t a bigger drinker!

Very nice owner, huge selection of wine, and great prices. Familiar favorites and harder to find imports. I love this package store.

Just moved to Concord from Somerville and looking for a liquor store with good beer. We found our store! What a great craft beer selection!!! Make your own 6 pack is also a nice option. Staff very knowledgable and helpful! We will be back!!!

We ordered two kegs from West Concord Liquors for our wedding party last summer. They were great to work with, answered a lot of questions, and had a good selection to choose from. They delivered the kegs right on time and helped us to set them up, which was great since we were slightly clueless. They also mentioned that they offer wine for parties and will pick up whatever you don’t use. I definitely recommend working with them if you are planning a party. Excellent service — thanks!

Great liqueur store. Family owned and community based. very good beer selection for a store of this size and very knowledgable about the different beers and wines that they carry. Get on there email list because they have a lots of in store tasting as well as supporting many community events. Nice people!

Found West Concord Liquor on the interwebs when looking for a bottle of my favorite tequila. The store had one bottle in stock, in the generous 1.75L style, and it was on sale to boot! The gentleman behind the counter and I struck up a conversation about good music released the year I was born after he checked my ID. Nice experience.
Fast forward one week. The wife and I need a bottle of orange liqueur. What the heck, let’s take a drive to West Concord. It’s a friendly little shop. My wife noticed that my tequila is gone and asked an employee stocking wine if they still carry it. He said they sold out and probably won’t continue carrying the brand because it sold poorly.
Wife
(sweetly) Well if you do get it back in stock, we’ll buy it!
Employee
(sarcastically) Yeah you’re in here all the time.
Me
(under my breath) Not anymore we’re not bub.
Liquor sells itself, so maybe it’s not necessary to treat customers with respect. But sweet pretty ladies always deserve respect.

My boyfriend shops here all the time, at least a couple trips a week, and he NEVER gets carded.
I step foot in this place to try and buy a little whiskey for my Saturday night and they refuse to sell it to me! You see, I got carded. I’m 30, and look it too! Evidently don’t accept out of state IDs at this establishment. I get the feeling that this selective enforcement is designed to prevent delicate ladies from making the grave mistake of fouling their precious fragile bodies with delicious delicious bourbon.

Incredibly rude customer service — refused my ID, claiming they do not accept out of state IDs. Mumbled a rude response to my question of why this was so. Not worth your money.

This is an awesome store with some of the best and knowledgeable staff I have encountered.
The wine selection was great and very varied. I liked the wide range of selections that were available in every price range although the store is totally jammed. So I think finding things without asking is probably not an option. Although browsing through them was a lot of fun. It reminded of being in a used book store.
The beer selection was also great. They had a wide range of beers including many I had never even heard of. The prices were pretty low as well. The staff’s knowledge was really amazing and they all had really great attitudes. I even had a funny conversation about the Harpoon Oyster Stout which I bought with them which we were all talking about who came up with the idea to brew a beer with Oysters in it.
The liquor selection was pretty good and included a really wide range of bourbons and whiskeys. They looked to have many hard to find items, but I did not see everything I was looking for.
I will definitely be returning here for the beer and wine selection and the great staff.

Quaint, excellent prices and wonderful selection of affordable wines to the very select. Joe’s great idea… offering under $ 20.00 wines that are in the top 100 of Wine Spectator’s yearly list. Makes it very easy and with a good description of the offering you can pair up what you like with what they offer.
This is a very small store with a very large selection and both Joe and Chris will offer expert recommendations and an enthusiasm for the grape that is second to no other. I really like brousing but I also enjoy good recommendations to add to my cellar and Joe and Chris always put something aside for me to add to the collection. I really recently enjoyed a MacRostie Chard that was so crisp and fresh that I will continue to purchase it at just a touch over $ 20.00 per.
Good discounts on cases and they will also special order your favorite. Get on the email list for specials; tastings and more. The tasting aroung the holidays are epic!

This small family owned business sent their son, Christopher, to California for several years of in depth, boots-​on-​the-​ground wine education and it shows! Francona couldn’t quite put it together this year and that made the beer selection at WCL that much sweeter. The store has a great selection of top shelf hard stuff that will get the job done when you’re really bummin about Tom Brady’s knee or that Pike commute this winter. I look forward to getting back there soon to get recommendations from the entire Saia family. Support these small businesses!

Their business cards say it’s «the place to go when your spirits are low» and if that ain’t a damn good advertisement for getting your drunk on, I dunno what is. As the name says, it is a packie in the old-​school sense. But being that this is chic-​chi Concord, the selection is pretty extensive, not all of it top shelf, and the prices are only a buck or two over what you would expect to pay most other places.