Barbosa Liquors

Great place friendly ownership and most important in providence Cranston area.

I find this place to be totally sketchy.
There is always a group of drunk men hanging out both inside and out… all day long! They seem to treat it like a bar, buying nips and socializing. It’s really weird. It was shut down for a little while for some type of violation and I have a feeling it had something to do with this activity.
I stop in occasionally because it is the closest liquor store to my house when I’m on my way home and better stocked than Sollitto’s a little further up. I only go if my boyfriend needs beer, so not sure about the rest of the selection but I find the atmosphere to be so unwelcoming that I’m not about to poke around and see what else they might have. It’s not particularly big or clean so probably just the same old stuff every other average place carries.
Anyway, back to the beer: I was getting a 12-​pack and I’m not even kidding you when I say they CUT the box in half, TAPED the end in packaging tape, and made 2 6-​packs. I’m pretty sure that’s totally not legal. I had to buy 2 of them and it was just awkward.
I will say that the people behind the counter are always very friendly, and one time the guy offered to buy me a nip of whatever I wanted when he checked my ID and noticed we have the same birthday :) That was funny. But in general, I avoid it because it makes me feel uncomfortable and I really really don’t like the drunk people all over the place.

Awesome service– the owner is the first person you interact with. Clean little liquor store. Prices are reasonable but be careful there are lots of people who linger outside — I wouldn’t go here after dark, especially if you are female.
If you need a quick pick me up, this is your kinda place.