Marlboro Market

This fucking asshole was the worst. I went to go buy up on that booze and of course I look kind of young don’t get wrong, but he fucking took my ID. My drivers license this fucking asshole just took it and he didn’t even scan that shit he just said this is fake and took it. What the fuck.

Seriously this is a huge life saver as I live really close to here. There are even two floors and pretty much has all the essentials I need until I find time to go to a grocery store to get a whole bunch of stuff. Love this place!

Always a pleasure and they have just what I needed.
Thanks for helping me shovel out my car.
You guys are the best.
Kris

Daily Boar’s Head Sandwiches for 5 bucks. Lunch is served. Thank you MM!

Great selection of wine, craft beer and liquor. They also have other essentials like milk, groceries, a few veggies, magazines, fire wood, chips and chocolates, cleaning supplies and toiletries and a great deli. I would use this as my go to grocery store — more for last minute stuff but it’s definitely my go to booze shop :)

It should say a lot about them that i once paid $ 1.59 for a package of ramen noodles here and i don’t begrudge them this.
The prices on some grocery items are ridiculous in a way that reminds you that you live in a big city and that this is right in the middle of it and some things are going to be ridiculous. At the same time, the beer is reasonable, and especially the bomber bottles downstairs are not bad (and there is a solid, solid selection of these). The sandwiches are pretty good, too, and reasonably satisfying for the price.
The folks that work here are also very friendly, nice to homeless weirdos, people with dogs, and sweaty people that are looking to tank up on Gatorade after a run. It’s a surprisingly punk-​rock convenience store that’d fit in in Allston, really.
Generally speaking, you’re going here because you have some sort of itch to scratch, nourishment-​wise, and i always come out having found something that is going to make me happy. And then, probably guilty.

You’re not going to find a cheap liquor store in Back Bay… just sayin’. So I don’t think the complaints about overly expensive liquor here is really warranted.
Sure, you won’t find any 3 buck chuck here, but even the Trader Joe’s on Boylston doesn’t have any alcohol, so…
This is a convenient location for Back Bay residents that don’t live near the Shaw’s at Copley and there’s a decent selection of wine and probably a better selection of beer downstairs (I only go for wine so I can only guess).
The service is always friendly and helpful as well.

Best part about this place is Jules– he is so friendly and always helps me make the right selection when I’m in a bind. Prices are a little high, but overall an easy place to grab a bottle of wine on the way home from work.

Not cheap but local has about everything you need and the wall of confiscated IDs is a fun diversion while waiting on line.

Good selection, but their dicks about carding. Convenient.

The convenient place to buy booze. They have friendly employees there but booze, especially liquor is on the expensive side.
Go here if it’s convenient for you, otherwise, buy your alcohol somewhere else.

I used to live at Marlborough and Gloucester so this was my go-​to location for late-​night snacks and drinks. Everything’s overpriced, but it’s a fucking corner store; you don’t go there for the savings. You go there when you’ve run out of tampons at 10 pm on a Sunday or when you really, really need batteries and Fruity Pebbles, and the battery and Fruity Pebble store you usually go to is closed because it was based on a terrible business model.
This place also doubles as a liquor store, thank the gods, and the beer and wine selection are great and cheap. Sometimes there are 2 for $ 10 wine deals so keep an eye out. That deal also happened to coincide with the Stanley Cup Finals and I almost didn’t make it out alive.
The staff are friendly and helpful. It’s like the Cheers of convenience stores.

It is seriously awesome living around the corner from this spot. A bit overpriced, sure, but great selection of basically anything you may need. I come here to buy wine, (which they have a nice selection of), milk, and other small items. I once bought a sandwich here too, for $ 5.99, I was full and it was actually really good (chicken parm). The people are friendly and there’s a cat who roams around sometimes. He’s not very nice — actually, when I tried to pet him, he hissed at me. Beware. This spot is a true gem though — huge assortment of liquor, wine, beer, groceries, and even a deli where you can buy a yummy sandwich for cheap! It’s basically the perfect place.

Awesome little shop that carries a little bit of everything, whether it be alcohol, snacks, toilet paper, candy, etc.
Great for those late night cravings, especially since I’m about a block away.

Like other reviewers that live so close… I may just be a bit biased. I have purchased wine, beer, paper towels, baby wipes, popcorn, fruit, coconut water, magazines, scratch tickets, Bacardi, chocolate syrup, a random delicious deli sandwich, draino and a few other odds and ends… do these things define me? I have needed all of these things in a pinch and they were all waiting for me at Marlboro Market.
They are strict with ID’s. I go there practically every day, I am almost 30 and get carded each time. Good for them!
The staff is interesting. helpful, sometimes indifferent, sometimes friendly, but never mean or rude.
I hate how in Massachusetts stores stop selling liquor at 11. I sometimes come home from work later than that so must plan ahead. NOthing to do with MM just MA ;)

This gets four stars for the sandwiches. Like people have written before, everything else is slightly expensive (Kind of like the nearby Shaws — not obscenely overpriced, but enough to make you go «hmmm…»)
The sandwiches, on the other hand, are $ 4-​$ 6, and delicious. I get liverwurst ($ 4) a couple times a week on my way to work, and it’s AWESOME. Yes, I’m «That Guy,» eating liverwurst with onions on the T. So sue me.
They’re not stingy with the meat, there are a ton of condiments to choose from, and they’re pretty easy to work with if you want something crazy. Skip the Subway, go here.

It’s close to my house, they sell beer, booze, milk, wine and assorted sundries. The beer prices are a little steep, but a friend says they do good deals on wine. The staff are usually friendly, sometimes indifferent, sometimes they don’t realise whose there first. Also the lines for the 2 cash registers can be confusing, is there one line for both, or a line each?
Anyways, it’s probably the best convenience store, local shop in the hood, and it’s still family run. Also, whenever I walk past with the dog, she wants to go say hello to the cat.

love the neighborhood feeling in a big city. The help is always friendly even though it isn’t always a familiar face. the reasonable wine and cheap movie rentals are a steal.
The store is a hit with the locals, but college kids be warned there is a wall of fakes they have taken away. Moral of the story if you are of age, and live nearly, stop on by. Don’t be startled by the resident cat, the local dogs, or the Vietnam vet reliving the glory days.

Don’t be fooled by the unassuming name or store front. Marlboro Market is actually nice deli and liquor store. It’s prime location makes it the prefect place to pick up a 6 pack of something new, a nice bottle of wine. Even some chilled Veuve Clicquot.
The lady at the register asked if she could help me with anything. I told her about a beer I was looking for that I didn’t know the name of and she directed me towards the right one, Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. Props to her for knowing the selection well. $ 9.50 for the six pack, decent.

The Scenario:
Headed to a wine party, forgot to grab a bottle of the South American variety. A big «Oh shizzzz!» I scoffed when my friend suggest MM but later applauded her brilliance when we scoped out the goods. Serious selection of brews, vino and hard alkee at decent prices.
The Answer:
… came in a bottle with a simple label, back left of the store, lower shelf. It screams «DRINK ME» in maroon ink and a cherub graphic — La Costa, I believe.
The Price:
I don’t know if I should really disclose this as the host of the soirée is going to think I’m a cheap bastard.
The result:
Commendable.
We were in and outta there in a jiffy, but still had time for some silly banter over the unusually high counter with the cashiers who seemed stoned and/​or bored outta their minds. Whatevs.