West Bend Liquor Store

They’ve been good to me. Pretty consistently friendly and helpful staff. Has been this way since they opened.

I’m a little nervous about doing a review for a liquor store, what does that say about me? So, that’s why I’m giving them 4 stars, I don’t want to seem too enthusiastic.
Bottom-​line is it’s a clean, well-​stocked liquor store. Prices are what they are based upon State regulations. Nice, knowledgable people working the counter. Always someone to ask when the bottles become a blur and you can’t find what you are looking for. Quite a few specialty liquers for that new cocktail recipe you are trying. Plus all the mixers you might need.
I just asked my partner if they sell beer and wine at the liquor store? His response, «I’m not sure, but I think so». Obviously we have a different focus.
The expensive bottles, or showy gift bottles of liquor are behind the counter. Yours for the asking. Everything else is self-​serve.
Plenty of parking, very accessible location.

Trashy girl with black hair is extremely unfriendly.

I’ll save you driving around the parking lot across the street; the address is 155 SW Century (not 210 as Unilocal says).
Unilocal may not have appreciated my update, but you’ll thank me if you’re actually trying to find a drop of liquor!
Nice store with a good selection of beer, wine, and spirits for its relatively small size. They have a cosy seating area with a fireplace. It wasn’t occupied when I was there, but maybe they do wine tastings?

Used to be if you wanted to buy liquor and lived on Bend’s West Side you had but one choice on this side of town — a teeny tiny (150 square feet shoppable) space partitioned off inside Ray’s Market on SW Century Drive.
Whenever my husband and I were in the Ray’s located liquor store, we tried to get in and out as fast as possible because it felt so claustrophobic. Not to mention that due to its small size, the number of shoppers allowed inside was limited to something like only six at a time.
Because the small size meant small stocks, we often drove over to the East Side liquor store if we were looking for something. Seems we weren’t the only shoppers to do that as sales were declining at the small West Bend liquor store inside Rays.
So the owner was successful in having the store moved. And it is with «yay!» response that we visited the newly relocated West Bend Liquor Store today.
Just opened in a strip mall at 155 SW Century Drive, this liquor store now boasts roughly 4000 square feet! That means lots of stock to choose from for spirits and mixers. Although they don’t seem to be completely stocked up as yet, they already have a nice selection of brand choices for spirits across price points For mixers they carry some harder to find items like Bitter Lemon and Fee Bros Bitters… and so goes the list.
Not to mention that the store has a cool and comfy looking seating area, complete with faux fireplace and bar in which they offer tastings from time to time. If you want to stay posted on what is being offered for tastings on what days, sign up on the store’s email list.
One thing that remains now as it was then is the super friendly and helpful owner and his staff. They can answer any question you might have and make you feel they are really glad you came in.
Now with this great liquor store on the West Side, we’ll need to find a way to use more spirits!
I’m only waiting on them to stock some of the specialty liquors and aperitifs — like Aperol and Navain and Rompope — for a five star rating. But for now it is a very enthusiastic 4 stars!