Binny’s Beverage Depot (Lakeview)

5/4/2008 11:36:20 AM, sunday, may 04, 2008
Decent typical Binny’s selection...I wish I could say more...

2/29/2008 5:35:42 PM, friday, february 29, 2008
Good selection of stuff. Nothing super rare, but a good selection of the staples in chicago.

2/13/2008 2:23:29 AM, wednesday, february 13, 2008 [ Updated wednesday, february 13, 2008 ]
Typical starter beers, half their selection is American, then a third is Belgian, and the rest is English, German, Eastern Euro, and Scottish. Wish they could get Bell’s in again. Good selection of Allagash, Dogfish Head, Bear Republic, and Rogue. Has a lot of gift packs if you’re looking for glasses. I’m two blocks from this one, so I stop in almost every day and I’m running out of beers to try.

2/3/2008 2:06:47 PM, sunday, february 03, 2008
A big, open store catering mostly to wine. Beer selection is pretty good, with a decent selection of belgians and english beers, and a solid selection of domestic craft beers. Service is good, once you track someone down. Reasonable prices.

1/11/2008 9:13:32 AM, friday, january 11, 2008
Good old Binny’s, really could depend on this chain to hook it up with good beer. Extreamly large selection of great beers, some good sales once in a while. Great selection of Belgian beers. they seem to focus more on wines but do a great job on beers. Would like them to bring in more rare or harder to find beers, but I can’t complain I haven’t had all their good stuff yet. Visit this frequently.

1/9/2008 3:38:52 PM, wednesday, january 09, 2008
This is a small-ish Binny’s and I didn’t buy anything to take out because I alrealy found that stuff (and more) at other area liqour stores. It has a large, bright, open warehouse feel to it, and the service was OK once I was able to track somebody down.

1/15/2007 9:16:41 AM, monday, january 15, 2007
While smaller then Sam’s, to be sure, with a correspondingly smaller inventory, I have generally been able to find most of whatever I was looking for. I found the majority of the staff most helpful and friendly. There is one guy in the wine department that seems more interested being snobby then advising but this is the exception. I actually enjoy shopping here

12/31/2006 6:54:56 AM, sunday, december 31, 2006
When I stopped I found nothing that wasn’t everywhere else so I walked out with 2 bottles. Big well lit place with staff that could of cared less if I had a heart attack in the aisle.

8/19/2005 2:05:00 PM, friday, august 19, 2005
A bigger version of the same old binny’s. Very nice selection of everything, really. Beer selection, unfortunately, is not the best and not reallly comparable to their wine or liquor or cigar sections. Still, worth a visit on the off chance you might find something random.

8/16/2005 1:36:50 PM, tuesday, august 16, 2005
A fancier and nicer looking store than Sams, but doesn’t quite have the selection. I have found a number of rare beers here though that I’ve never seen at Sams.