Security Liquor Store

A few days ago, I lost my wallet and keys. I was about to leave town for the weekend, and was completely panicked. When I returned from my trip (and my wallet hadn’t turned up at the restaurant I’d gone to or in my building), I retraced my steps. Security liquor was on the route I had walked, but it had been 4 days and I didn’t think the patrons of Security would be likely to turn in a found wallet.
I was wrong! The cashier at Security was incredibly polite and he had my wallet and keys! I was going to have to pay $ 500 to reprogram my car– thank you so much «drunk guy who sits outside» who turned in the wallet and kind sir working at Security for keeping my wallet and keys safe. I will be back to shop here in the future.

Holy toledo do I love this place. They sell a backpack that says «My backpack» and a cologne that claims it is «poison for women.» LOL! Great selection of alcohols and the cashiers are incredibly friendly. Always ask me how the wife and kids are doing. A+!

Okay spot for around the corner. Wish they had more regular deliveries of Kettle chips and Racer 5 beer. It is nice they let me bring my dog in to pay when we’re out on walks :)

Security Liquor is where i used to pick up my sunday oakland tribune newspaper decades ago. local ghetto store selling liquor, snacks, groceries, beer, soft drinks, hard liquor. security cameras all around.
beer mostly not priced. big bottles micros pricey. mostly mainstream beer here with a few 6 pack micros unpriced.
pour: olde english 800, malt liquor, 24 oz. 7.5%. (2)
–potent stuff, not too bland.
more body than miller’s. slight «sweet» taste”. 4 stars for potency, value
–a favorite from my past
on draught:
–friendly greeting from older black cashier.
–parking not good here.

Average Oakland liquor store. I wish they carried a better craft beer selection such as Anchor Steam (c’mon, it’s a Bay Area beer!) but the lineup isn’t bad. Unsurprisingly, the rest of their inventory consists of lots of canned food, microwave dinners, ramen noodles, and all of the other typical corner store merchandise.
Security Liquor gets 4 stars instead of 3 because of the friendly clerks who remember your name. Also, it doesn’t hurt that there is an absence of bums hanging around outside the store, ready to assault you for a quarter, like there are at so many other Oakland liquor stores.

Classic ghetto liquor store – you know, the one that has teenagers hanging around in the middle of a school day. The one with suspiciously youthful patrons marching out bearing 40s and lunch boxes. The kind that wraps your beer into a paper bag without your having to ask.
In other words, a go-​to for Martin W.
I don’t make major purchases at liquor stores – I’m too cheap, and since I’m single, I never have to make late-​night tampon runs (no, I do not miss that).
So, when I’m rating a liquor store, it’s based on:
1. availability of large Diet Cokes (1 or 2 liter size)
2. availability of Chester’s Hot Fries
3. a wide selection of both «classic» Doritos (Cool Ranch, Nacho, et al) and the «cutting-​edge» ones (Jalapeño, Buffalo Wings, and so forth)
4. vast selection of beers – not just ironic hipster swill (PBR), nor malt liquors. I like it when – amongst the King Cobra and Crazy horse – one can opt for New Belgium’s Skinny Dip.
No Chester’s Hot Fries (that’s a star). No snooty microbrews (that’s a star).
You math geniuses will recognize that that leaves three stars.
Security Liquor, I dub thee a three-​star store

This is a cool little ghetto mart.
ATM minimum is like $ 5 though or else they will charge your card something like $ 1.50?
I forget.
Anyways it is on my walk to Ruby Room and I grab my 24 oz’s here.

After stuffing myself at Merritt’s down the street, chowing down chicken and waffles, bacon and hash browns, I needed some carbonated beverages to wash all of it down. As my quest for wacky sodas continues, I discovered «Stars and Stripes» Cola/​Strawberry Soda and «Western Family» 2-​Liter Orange soda. A dizzying array of cheap liquors and after looking carefully, Tiparillos! Does anyone actually still smoke those things?