Cardinal Wine & Spirits

6/2/2008 3:49:23 PM, monday, june 02, 2008
This place is pretty much a big zero...nothing interesting to be found...just regular grocery store type selection...I also am pretty sure that the bottles had been sitting around...I did pick up some 01 Cantillion Rose de Gambrinus...

3/29/2008 3:31:36 PM, saturday, march 29, 2008 [ Updated monday, september 01, 2008 ]
bought a new computer at the tiger direct store also in the strip mall. i knew id need ’fuel’ to put my new toy together so i stopped in this place. would have been content with some mainstream imports (of which they have many in their vast cooler array) but i was pleasantly surprised to find a large display of un-chilled american crafts! ended up scoring a 6 pack of flying dog in heat wheat and a 6 pack of three floyds pride and joy. HOWEVER.........(and i am so glad to read zeswafts review) the pride and joy was somehow spoiled or otherwise undrinkable. all 6 bottles gushed violently when i opened then, even the nexrt day. never figured out if this was just a bad batch, or was cardinal liquors somehow to blame?? the flying dog seemed alright, as did the 12 pack of stella i also picked up.

2/11/2007 11:21:53 AM, sunday, february 11, 2007
Stopped in while waiting for an oil change down the street. Your average booze store. Lots of macros and the occasional seasonal. If you have to choose between any place along Golf Road make it Binnys.

8/1/2006 7:47:33 PM, tuesday, august 01, 2006
Not a bad selection for a shop overly filled with the BMCs. I enjoyed this place (although I can’t honestly rate it high) because, when I was buying some South Korean beers and two malt liquors (both new to me), half of the staff came out to look. With a Binny’s under five minutes from here, there’s not much point in stopping back... unless they have some more "fun" brews for me.

3/10/2006 7:22:07 PM, friday, march 10, 2006
They do sell old beer, but they have a pretty decent selection and the prices are low. I don’t think location or low-income clientele have anything to do with it. The people hitting this place just wanna try fancy beers and don’t know that beer can be (and is often) old. lots of liquors. anyways, i’d say a better than normal selection of micros, but none of the crazy rare beers.

1/21/2006 10:10:41 PM, saturday, january 21, 2006 [ Updated saturday, january 21, 2006 ]
A standard liquor store that has a large selection of booze and fairly decent selection of beer. BUYER BEWARE. Though they have some good beers, eg. Three Floyds, Victory, Great Lakes, Sierra Nevada, and Bells the inventory is EXTREMELY OLD. Time and time again I bought old three floyds or bells stuff there. I’ve seen Great Lakes products that were about a year expired and same with Victory stuff. I attribute this to its location and lower-income clientel. Prices are pretty cheap if you can find something not expired. They have very few good imports. Some Chimay, Delirium, Unibroue, etc. Most people buy sixers of Strohs there. Hopefully, somebody will tell them to change inventory. If you’re going to Binny’s in Schaumburg stop by here I guess, It’s less than a mile away.