Party Time Liquors

I’m probably biased because this is my neighborhood liquor store and because it’s a) the closest place to get beer and liquor and b) open late.
However! It’s cool because the people who work here are usually nice and they have free samples of liquor some Friday’s and Saturdays (is this a normal thing?!) and usually they have a pretty good selection of craft beers considering the size of the store. It isn’t as cheap as Maryland beer stores further down Route 1, but for its location, it’s great! There’s nothing like taking a shot of free liquor and talking to the woman behind the counter about bubble baths. And shout out to the inexplicable drawing of two dudes making out in the front.

Huge selection of hard-​to-​find liquors… and you don’t have to ask for your bottles through a huge window of bullet-​proof glass, which I always appreciate. Sweet Pea is real doll, too.

This place kicks A$$, got a 750ml bottle of Rum for $ 6 plus they had a cool selection of booze!

This place was recommended to me because I was at a friend’s house and she had a BOTA box of wine. For box wine I thought it was pretty tasty so when she told me she’d picked it up at Party Time, I thought I’d go get some myself.
As liquor stores go, this one is okay. I found the wine selection small, but they did have an unoaked chardonnay, which is not easy to find. Party Time has the standard varieties of basic spirits (vodka, gin, rum, etc) but keeps the smaller, more portable sizes behind the counter; as well as many varieties of «magic number» guidebooks for playing the lottery.
I’ll admit, I’m spoiled by CA and VA where one can purchase wine in grocery stores, so making a special trip to a «liquor store» is not an ordinary one for me. However, I was intrigued by the under $ 20 price tag for the BOTA box for what is roughly the equivalent of 3 bottles of vino. When hosting a potluck dinner party, providing plenty of wine in both varieties is essential. The price on the box wine at Party Time was right and the check out guy even ID’ed me, which was a flattering surprise. Overall, a serviceable store for the quotidian bottle (or box), but I’d look elsewhere for that «special» bottle or unusual spirit.