Foremost Liquor Store

This place has recently lowered its prices on beer and now has some decent deals. I would call their beer prices slightly lower than Jewel next door but unlike Jewel you don’t have to screw around trying to find parking, and you don’t have to wait in line behind a lady buying enough food to feed an army.

Prices were fair, especially with a wine sale going on. Pretty good selection. Old school liquor store feel and smell (its a good thing). customer service was friendly and attentive

Just your usual neighborhood booze store. It’s definitely got some character with it’s printed signs circa 1960’s and winding aisles of bric-​à-​brac. Decent prices for the North Shore and no attitude here. If you have a friend who’s a raging alcoholic and has a birthday coming up, there’s lots of cheap flasks, cocktail shakers and glassware and such to buy. You know, the swag that usually comes free with the bottle of booze.

Ah, Foremost. Here is the basics on this place. The beer selection is all the fridge. That’s good by me. The prices are very reasonable for everything, beer (both tasty & swill), wine, and liquor, the whole thing. That’s good too. The place is a bit dumpy, and it’s biggest pitfall is that it always closes before everything else, it seems. And that makes it an afterthought whenever you are with people looking to buy drinks for the night. It’s easily forgettable.

They have liquor and they sell it, that I will admit however…
I called to ask the price on a wine. I was told they had it and the employee left the phone to check the price. Five minutes went by. I thought maybe he had forgotten so I called back. A different person answered the phone — again I asked the same question. This person said they were too busy to check the price.
Ok, fair enough. But I live a few blocks away so I walked over. Busy? There wasn’t a single customer in the store. Apparently they don’t want to give prices over the phone — so just say so!
I found the wine I wanted and bought it. The main man (always there) never says a word — either hello of thank you. «Customer service»?

I had no idea that Foremost was a chain until I just did a search here on Unilocal to write a review. I liked the idea that this was a small independent shop. Oh well.
Towards the end of our Evanston-​dwelling period during and after college, my friends and I discovered Foremost, just across the Wilmette border. We kicked ourselves for missing it all that time, because the prices were slightly better than EV1 (Evanston First) and there were fewer taxes in Wilmette.
I still stop here every so often because it’s on my route home from work. However, their selection isn’t the greatest. I can’t find any good scotches here except for ones that I’ve already tried. I’ll probably never beat Binny’s for scotch selection. Beer is a similar problem. I’m often looking for a specific (but not uncommon) microbrew or import, but usually they don’t have it. And how about some more Goose Island guys? It’s local.
The staff is friendly though, always chatting with the regulars and cracking bad jokes based on bits of small talk.