Red X

I’m so confused. It’s like homeless people, disabled people, average people, people driving jaguars and porsches… A massive liquor and… hardware? selection. Oh and a bunch of antiques not for sale. This place is so random. There was like 800 people waiting in line for lottery tickets… Guys buying cases of Natty light… Guys buying bottles of $ 100 scotch. This is by far the most random, diverse place I have ever been. Totally worth checking out.

Remember the Food & Stuff store from Parks & rec? That’s exactly what red x is. A grocery store with stuff. Need a soda and a giant Native American statue? Red x is for you. Need eggs and a water gun? Red x is for you.
This place is not classy and totally crazy but worth the visit if you are in the area. There’s a great liquor & wine section too.

Filthy store. Horribly disorganized. Prices are significantly higher here vs. corporately owned competition up the street! Stay away!

I walked in Red X today for the first time and realized now where I need to be going for my odd ball liquor/​beer/​wine searches. First off, the location is a little odd to get to from the highway, but once you get past all the traffic circles, you’ll see that big red X in the sky. When you go inside you immediately hit cashiers. This area is bright and clean looking. To the right is the produce that starts the grocery section. There were several things I needed, but not much variety. The rest of the food was the same. If you just want basics-​basic brand, basic flavor, you will be good to go. However, if you need a specific brand or flavor (say Chipotle Tabasco instead of regular) you are probably out of luck. I did notice the grocery area seemed like the lighting was dim and it was a little dingy, but it got what I needed out of the way. There’s a middle section of cigs and even a humidor. Past that is a HUGE selection of wine, beer, and liquor. You need a specific anything in these sections and you have a good chance to find it. I was looking for a specific peanut butter milk stout beer and they had it! Past the wine, I would describe it as a carny graveyard mixed with lottery tickets. Overalls, bells, I didn’t stop here, but it looked like an antique store. A little bit farther are the home items… random items. For sale signs, plumbing items, tools, etc. This store is great if you need basic foods, crazy booze, or a one stop shop for the random things you may need.

Two words: Liberty Bell. This place has everything. I can get souvenirs from my Kansas City trip, alcohol and party supplies for the family reunion, fresh produce, cigars and bingo prizes! It’s a must visit.

Took my wife here because I love the crazy chaos of what is Red X. Hardware, grocery, old circus rides, the biggest liquor department I’ve ever seen. The employees have always been super nice to me. Located in Riverside, with standing the great floor of 1993 and other natural disasters once must give prompts this building is even still standing.
I have a few bones to pick with other reviews. First Tracy gives a low rating because red X closed another location? That has nothing to do with this location and should be flagged for stupidity. Shawn saying the liquor selection is «meh» just shows how out of touch with reality he is.

If Wal-​Mart got any more redneck, it would be Red X. They have pretty much everything and at a good price. My only complaint is their food selection. They don’t have much in the way of healthy/​organic food.

I came here specifically for the craft beer. Being somewhat new to the area, I had to believe there was more than just Gomers and Berbiglia. Not knocking either of these places, I just felt Red X had a better selection of craft beer than any other liquor store I’ve been to in KC.
Prices were roughly the same as previously mentioned liquor stores, but what will keep me coming back is the selection, friendliness of staff and knowledge of beer from one person in particular (Chris) that helped me out and took time to explain the difference between different brews.
I will easily drive out here to patronize a store that cares about its customers. Love it!

This place is the definition of whack. The fact that people love this place so much makes me worry about the state of humanity. So much weird random crap, and creepy staff. This is a huge building full of more useless junk than groceries and alcohol. And they have a showcase with human teeth in it… I couldn’t tell if they were selling them or just advertising their whack-​ness.
I do have to say, though, that this is a decent place for alcohol, though they didn’t have a couple of the items I was looking for, including a top shelf tequila and a pretty standard flavor of brandy. And, creepy staff dude aside, I have to say that my 4 handles of top shelf liquor and 5 small shot bottles came out to be less than 80 bucks. That’s insane! And I like!
Other than that, though, this place is basically useless… If you’re going there for a quick in and out, you should be fine… but this is like a gas station quick mart on steroids… just WEIRD. If I’m ever in KC again, I might head there to stock up on booze, but I would NEVER enter that building again for anything else.

Everything is cheaper at Red X. From the alcohol to the groceries. Love it! Definitely a KC staple

Booze Heaven.
Really high-​dollar wine and scotch aside, if Red X doesn’t have it, you probably don’t need to drink it. Yard beer, craft beer, 31 flavors of vodka, and every obtuse liqueur and apéritif you’ve never heard of, it’s all here at prices that beat just about everywhere else. And they DO have a lot of wine and scotch, just not the $ 300/​bottle variety. But I’m over that phase. The staff are great-​pretty knowledgeable, and are happy to order something for you if it’s available. Their beer selection is the best-I’ve been told by other retailers that a couple of my favorites are in very limited supply or just not available. Red X has ‘em both.
Now what to say about the rest of Red X… it’s a wacky mix of low-​end grocery store (I just mean not fancy), smoke shop, dollar store, and, wait for it… kitsch museum! Yep, carnival mirrors, cigar store Indians, a Cow Parade cow, and thousands of bells! Because of Riverside’s low cigarette tax, Red X draws a diverse crowd from all over, so it can make for a great people-​watching experience as well!

Red-​X is a good find. Lots of alcohol choices, cheap ‘throwaway’ items, that no matter how much you spend on them, turn into trash about the same amount time later. Might as well pay a few bucks instead of ten.
I can get one of my favorite alcohols here at about half the price of my area liquor stores, so if I’m in the area already, I try to stop by.

The Great Flood of 1993 almost wiped Red X out. It’s a shame Old Man River couldn’t finish the job. What’s left and been rebuilt is a far cry from what it used to be, and what’s left is nothing more than an overglorified lottery place that sells some halfway decent fireworks.
Back in the day Red X was a place you had to experience at least once. But after the man who built it died and his extensive collections of things were sold, this place lost it’s soul. Yeah, you can get a halfway decent bottle of wine here but you can find the same thing elsewhere for less. And while the news crews will send someone down here to cover lottery madness when a jackpot gets high, it’s important to remember you can buy winning lottery tickets at the Quiktrip just up the street. In short this place is built on hype, resting on it’s laurels, and as I said at the start of the review the river should have swept this place away.
It’s not worth the time to take the ramps off Highway 9 to go look. Keep on driving.
2 stars: 1 because the liquor selection is meh, 1 for fireworks that can’t be bought in Kansas City which is just down the road.

What the hell is this place? All kinds of awesome creepiness going on. There’a a deli up front, grocery store with brands you’ve never heard of, a TON of booze and a whole bunch of random items such old clowns, and other things reminiscent of a flea market. So, that basically means I love it. I think my friends and I played around for an hour in there. Wine is dirt cheap and comes in 1.5 liter bottles. Score. The prices are excellent. It’s just a cool place to screw off and get liquor. And, of course, people watch!

Okay, yes I live in Texas, and yes that is where my heart is, but hot damn! This place blows Specs out of the water (yes, even the downtown location).
But, those of you that do not know about Specs, no worries. Going to Red X will meet all of your needs and then some! Red X has been in Riverside since way before I could even think about drinking! They have a complete deli, smoke shop, grocery, a small hardware area, and even a great selection of Dickies… now what more could you want??? The prices are decent. Check out the website for special releases of limited edition alcohols including local brews.
I have never had a bad experience with the service or staff. They are not the rosy cheeked happy faces you may think you are gonna see, but they will ring you up. The patrons can be a little… well, different.
If you need a key made, some Moet champagne, and the newest style of Dickies coveralls… you have found your place!

Red-​X is one of those places that has to be seen to be believed. I think last time we went, we bought some random nails and screws, some groceries, an expensive bottle of scotch, some paper goods — and if we had wanted to, we could have also purchased some bib overalls, maybe a stuffed deer head or two, and a case of fancy wine. They seemingly have everything and it’s a weird demographic mix in there that is also fun to observe!

Who doesn’t love the Red X… When I say they have everything… I mean they have everything. It’s not the fanciest place ever but I will drive down there just to shop.
Go Red X Go

Wow, Red-​X. Just… wow. Ok, first of all, read all of the other reviews that touch upon the randomness that is the Red-​X experience, because they’re dead on. It’s almost like a local version of Super Wal-​Mart. Or something. It defies explanation until you actually stop in for the first time.
So, we were invited to a party last weekend, and realized that we needed to grab some adult beverages to bring along. It was the perfect opportunity to see what Red-​X had to offer. We entered up front near the fried chicken area, and quickly oriented ourselves to where the liquor was, because if we hadn’t, we’d probably still be in there looking around.
The liquor area is huge. I was amazed at the variety of wine on offer, and even more amazed at the friendly employee who asked what I was looking for, and took me directly to it while talking about wine and the fact that they were going to change their layout so it made certain kinds of wine easier to find. Finding the wine I wanted, I was thrilled to note that it was on sale! Does it get any better? Well, yes, it does, because there was also a small wine tasting going on, so I was able to try some Chilean wines while my husband got lost in the beer area. I also happened upon some dark rum that I love and don’t see very often, so I snagged that as well.
Because we were on a mission for alcohol only, I didn’t do more than gaze around in amazement at all of the other products on offer. Seriously, everything from fried chicken to «vintage» (not really) decorative signs, clothing, hardware, plants, you name it. Apparently there’s also a taxidermy display somewhere — doesn’t surprise me at all.
$ 100 and quite a bit of booze later, we finished up our shopping trip, vowing to make it back for next month’s BIG wine tasting. It should be interesting.

On tasting nights at the Red X, Riverside becomes the third largest suburb in the surrounding area. The Red X has bailed me out of several situations. Are your out of town guests bored? Go with them to get some lottery tickets and a giant pickle.
We were able to buy all of our wedding Beer/​Liquor here and able to get some great «bulk» deals. My F-​I-​L drives 3 hours to get the case price for his beloved wines to this day.
Two cocktail parties in a row some emergency food items were needed and procured. For a while they were the only ones in town with Sabra Chipolte Hummus.
I’ve purchased several (beloved) Christmas gifts here (don’t knock it.) When I feel down I go there to look at the Cobra/​Mongoose display and always have to stop at the glass eyeballs/​fake teeth.

Recently, I’ve taken a strong interest in Abita Big Bottles of «Save our Shore.» A brew that donates .75 of every bottle toward, well, the shores. As I’m trying to singlehandedly accomplish this, they’ve now given me two case deals.
And, to the gentleman last spring who showed up in gold lame’ (head to toe,) you are why I go and will always make Red X my first choice.

If your shopping list looks like this…
milk
bread
dozen eggs
power drill
96 piece fried chicken*
socks
bronze buffalo statue
2 cartons of USA Gold 100s
1.75L Crown Royal
30pack of Miller Lite
cowboy hat
slab of ribs
4pack of ashtrays
bottle rockets**
cheerios
have a key made
case of zig-​zags
christmas tree**
shampoo
…then you only need to visit Red-​X to fill all your needs. If they don’t have it, you don’t need it. And they have fried gizzards!
*Call ahead for 96 piece fried chicken.
** Seasonal item.