Binny’s Beverage Depot

Great selections of wines and other liquors. Easy to park, great service.

Went here recently to pick up beer/​liquor/​wine for a New Years event. Got to say the place is huge. Great selections and reasonable prices. Staff was very helpful and even boxed everything up for me. Recommended.

Binny’s has a fantastic selection of beers, wines and liquors. Great prices and their customer service was great. They helped me select some awesome wines to take to dinner.

Massive selection of alcohol. Cornucopia of wine from all over. Really competitive prices. So happy we stumbled upon this supertore and even happier to learn they have a branch in our new neighbourhood!
The staff are so helpful and knowledgable on the wine and beer!

Even though I don’t drink, I have to say that Binny’s is much more than that. I am an avid cigar smoker and their walk in humidor is unbelievable. there are brands of all kinds, as well as every type of accessory needed to enjoy a good smoke. They also have a wide variety of party favors as well as accessories for the perfect get together. Their liquor selection crosses all paths, and their wine selection is bar none the best.

Binny’s Beverage Depot has a huge selection of alcoholic beverages. My buddy turned me onto a bottle of Yamasaki Single Malt Japanese Whiskey. I have been sipping it very sparingly. The last time I looked it was around $ 55/​bottle. I hesitated to buy it because of the cost.
Today I decided to bite the bullet and buy a refill as I am approaching empty. That is until I saw the price went up $ 20 to $ 75/​bottle.
This stuff is so smooth, but I couldn’t bring myself to pull the trigger and spent the $ 75 for a single bottle of scotch. Oh well I’m happy with my Johnny Walker Black. It’s a little more affordable.

Amazing prices excellent service wow i like it alot I don’t know how they are doing this but the prices are cheaper than anywhere and the kids that work over there are professional

Came to this Binny’s to buy tumblers/​plastic cups and was asked for an ID at checkout. Are you f-​ing kidding me? I asked them if they were joking, they weren’t. I didn’t have my ID on me because I wasn’t buying alcohol, I didn’t think I needed an ID to buy plastic cups. What they did wasn’t right — I was told that you have to be 21+ to buy anything from their store. Binny’s sells chips and water so apparently I have to be 21+ to buy water or potato chips from Binny’s? I have never heard anything more absurd in my life. After making a scene and exchanging words with the staff I left. Lost a customer for life. Will never shop another Binny’s again (it’s not always about the prices, service and the way you treat your customers is more important). I hope the 1-​star review was worth it.

LOVE & HAPPINESS; WINE & HAPPINESS!
I decided to stop off at this Binny’s Beverage Depot after finishing a doctor’s appointment near this Binny’s. We had a Verdicchio white-​wine with our dinner at Due Lire in the City. The wine is exceptional in terms of a subtle, crisp, clean white fruit flavors. As I swirled the wine in my glass, at Due Lire, I took a whiff of it and noticed it had aromas offset by nuances of citrus, almonds and tree blossoms. It also has a slightly bitter note which I detected on my palate, especially toward the back of my throat. It was light and smooth and I just had to find out more about this wine. Yeah, like the old song, «Love and Happiness» by Al Green I got my fix of love and happiness along with some wine and happiness!
I did a little bit of research on this particular wine, and learned that it has been cultivated for hundreds of years in the Marche region of Central Italy. It is a versatile variety, used both for light, easy-​drinking table wines, and for more complex, age-​worthy examples. Critics have commonly lauded Verdicchio as being one of Italy’s best white-​wine grape varieties. It has citrus flavors like lemon and grapefruit, along with a bit of almond flavor, accompanied by bitter notes when the wine is young. As it ages though it produces a sweet suggestion of honey and marzipan.
We collect wines from around the world and have over 100 bottles of wine at home. My husband had a wine room created with the «right» temperature years ago. The last time I had a Verdicchio wine was over three years ago. I had forgotten how incredibly superb this wine really is, and the wine bottle is a light greenish color shaped like a fish, which is really cool.
I am not one to go to a liquor store by myself. Usually, if I am going to such a place I am with a friend or my husband and we are purchasing something to bring to someone’s house for dinner, Ravinia or a Summer time reunion with over 50 people. In that case, we need to pick up a lot more than just one measly bottle of wine! I was impressed with the selection of wines that they have at this particular Binny’s and enjoyed browsing. I always seek out wines that are unique and are not in our collection of wines at home. I saw a few unique items here.
There are grocery stores for food and other things, but this place is a grocery store for all kinds of alcohol, from wines to spirits to gin to rum to an enormous variety of beers and even pre-​mixed Margaritas in a can.
In terms of customer service, I will say they are A-​OK, so 3-​stars. It wasn’t over-​the-​top customer service, but it was adequate. The individuals working here, on the day I stopped in, are average in terms of their wine knowledge. I asked questions, but got the «deer in the headlights» look from the young man who probably wondered what the frick-​frack was I asking him. Yeah, whatever! There is ample free parking, but watch out for the potholes or you may end up in another galaxy!
The price-​point varies from $ 6.99 for a bottle of inexpensive wine to over $ 800 for the world’s finest cognac. I ended up spending close to $ 40 on three bottles of wine (two bottles were only $ 9.99). One was from Italy, and the other two wines from Argentina. We love, love, love Italian and Argentinian wines. Since I did not want to get a katzenjammer (hangover) during the week I decided to wait until the weekend to drink this fine wine. Pick your poison!
English — Cheers!
Japanese — Kanpai
Italian — Cin-​Cin (pronounced «Chin, Chin»)
Spanish — Salud
German — Prost

Just talked to Jarek in the wine department to order a special bottle and he was incredibly helpful and extremely patient! Three cheers for the customer service at Binny’s!

I went to the lockdown Café’ I had Not Your Fathers Rootbeer. Man! I was blown away by that. So, I went to Binnys in Skokie. They didn’t have it but Russ gave me his card and told me to call. I did call and Russ said they did not have it. So I called the on Milwaukee. Krystal answered and assured me it was in stock. She put the phone down to check. «Yes we have it» was her answer. GREAT!!! I’ll be right over. I drove to the Binnys. I walked over to where the beer should be at, Nothing. I looked around and saw a worker there. I asked him where they had the Not Your fathers rootbeer. We don’t have it. I said that I called and Krystal assured me You had it. NOPE! Not till June. That’s not the way to run a business. Customer service be dammed.
It seems the TV spot says «If we don’t have it, You don’t need it» It should be more like Yeah, We’ll lie to ya to get You to drive here and maybe You’ll buy something else.
Great way to run a business. Next time I’ll go to Cardinal. !

Went here the afternoon of super bowl Sunday. I jam about $ 200 worth of booze in my cart and make my way to the register. As the cashier begins to ring it up she asks me if I have my Binny’s card. I tell her I don’t have one and she tells me that I can’t get the sale price on anything then (which is going to come out to about a $ 25 dollar difference). I ask her where I get a Binny’s card and she tells me to fill out an application at the register. I can sense the impatience of the people in line behind me as they want to get home to watch the game as quickly as I do. I told her to jam it and walked out. I shouldn’t have to give all my info for some card that gets me sale items. Dominicks tried this and you see where they ended up. Jewel recently stopped because of customer backlash and Marianos never did it.
Better alternative, go to Cardinal liquors down the street near Oakton, the prices there were actually better than Binny’s sale prices, and the only card they asked for was my credit card

Great selection of craft beer. We came in search of a rare release and they had it in stock. Staff was awkward about it – there was a bottle limit. They made us ring it up as separate transactions even though we were both standing there. I guess if you want to get technical about it… and clearly they did.
The store is clean and well organized. Staff are generally helpful and knowledgeable. They’ll push the Binny’s card on you, which isn’t a great deal unless you buy mostly wine and champagne. We don’t.
The obvious highlight was the kid working the register who had an old school Nintendo controller belt buckle and was wearing a name tag that said, «Mario.» I guess it could be his real name… but it was too perfect.

Solid for a Binny’s. Though the Cook County tax factor isn’t eliminated unfortunately at this one, it is a pinch cheaper due to the fact you don’t have to deal with Chicago taxes in Niles.
For whatever odd reason they still had Pumking left after Christmas Day, and I picked up an additional one for myself. Still some left, but dunno for how much longer (lol). And nice and quick customer service at the register, too.

Prices are as low as their selection is diverse. They have any kind of alcohol you could want from wines to sprints to beer. I’ve never left the store saying darn there out of what I wanted because they always have everything.
The Staff is as helpful as they were friendly. I was greeted with a hello when I walked in and was asked if I needed help finding anything.
I would highly recommend and I definitely would be back again.

I recently visited Binny’s in search of a beer that my local independent retailer stopped carrying. A helpful staff member saw me getting lost in their sea of delicious brews and offered to help me. It turned out that this location doesn’t carry it, but another one does. He even offered to call them for me if I was going to head over to pick up some. Later, another employee offered to help me find something, too.
Aside from helpful, knowledgable staff (try coming here during a wine event and have your mind blown), the impressive thing about Binny’s is the selection. If you like craft beer, it’s like being a kid in a candy store. They also carry a few unusual items your independent booze retailer may not stock, such as three different brands of ginger beer (necessary to make dark & stormies) and elderflower liqueur.
This is also a liquor store with real carts. If you’re shopping with a young child (yes, I go on beer runs with my toddler) or making a large purchase, this makes everything so much easier.
I cannot give them more stars because the checkout clerks are sometimes rude, plus an awful lot of people get arrested in the parking lot. It seems like every other time I’m here, somebody is getting mirandized as I climb out of the car. WTF.

Great selection and helpful staff. I am not a local but I go to Binny’s once per year with a friend before we head to a large gaming convention in Indy. There are plenty of wines, craft beers, scotches, anything you can think of. The prices are higher than my local stores (Phoenix) but Chicago in general is more expensive. And it is not MUCH higher.
If you are looking for a large liquor store in the area, try Binny’s.

They have the best prices on a handle of Ketel One.
Wished the handle of henessey was cheap, but we can’t have everything we want.

I came here because the Skokie store didn’t have a beer I was looking for but the helpful staff there did call the store in Niles, found it was there and then had them hold a bottle for me, then gave me the simple directions to go pick it up. I went to this Binny’s found no one at the service desk, found no one there but noticed the 3 ladies all just hanging around the register.
They looked like they could be Honey Boo-boo’s northern kin especially after I got the blank stare I received after I told them that a bottle was being held for me and I’m here to pick it up, literally it was held for 15 minutes while I drove down there. She had no idea what I was talking about referred me to one of the other liquor Graeaes standing around, who similarly, had no idea what I was talking about.
Did one of them not pick up the phone or got the beer or put it on hold? Fortunately, I saw it sitting there on the table of the service desk so Chickadee had no trouble ‘helping me out’ and let me buy the bottle of beer that I had already reserved. Larger selection yes, but the staff isn’t even helpful they’re comatose.

Here’s how it used to work, for about a decade:
1. Get wind of a whisk (e)y, beer, or cider that I wanted to try.
2. Go to Binny’s in Skokie, the location most convenient to my commute.
3. Find that they do not carry it.
4a. Disappointedly select something else
4b. Wait several weeks until my next excursion to Lakeview and try that Binny’s.
4c. Give up and cry.
Here’s how it has happened for the last year or so:
1. Get wind of a whisk (e)y, beer, or cider that I want to try.
2. Go to Binny’s in Niles.
3. Locate product.
4. Purchase and enjoy product.
I’m sorry that it took me so long to get wise: the Niles Binny’s is just plain bigger, thus their selection is superior. It’s the most capacious Binny’s I’ve visited, with more of a warehouse aesthetic; this carries the added bonus that a customer has plenty of elbow room whilst shopping. AND they have more checkout lanes, although they always seem to be less busy than either the Skokie or Lakeview locations.
Plus they play WXRT. So if you take twenty minutes to make up your mind on a purchase, there is a good soundtrack to your indecision.
So now the Niles Binny’s is my first – and almost always my only – stop when looking for booze.