Hy-Vee Wine and Spirits

October 22, 2007
All you need to know about this place is that it is a grocery stores liqour store. They have finally gotten a bigger selection of single bottles in the last year and a half but it is mostly domestic with a few macros. There really are no rare beers here so I don’t know why that is checked (may be rare for Cedar Falls), the import selection is quite small actually. Customer service is nothing special and most employees seem to know very little about beer. Location is convenient and you can go next door to get a bite to eat at Papa Murphy’s or Quiznos.

April 16, 2007
A good place to buy fresh beer when I lived in CF. They have however since gotten a new manager who doesn’t know a whole bunch about beer. He’ll tell us young guys about the new Budweiser products even when we bring up a six pack of Alpha King. I just bought a six pack of Fuller’s London Porter with a before date of Oct ’07. It was good, but nothing like my first one (famous words).

July 12, 2006
Located about 2 miles east of the University of Northern Iowa campus..right on University Avenue in Cedar Falls. The building and interior layout is really nice...with wide aisles and well-organized selections. The real beer is in the standing cooler right ahead of you (and to the left), when you walk in. Very good selection of 6-packs of microbrewed domestics, all in a standing cooler. Sierra Nevada, Rogue, Dogfish Head, Three Floyds, Goose Island, Anchor, Shiner, Leinies, Capital, Flying Dog, Summit, Hornsbys, MacTarnahan’s, Pete’s Wicked, Great Divide, Fort Collins, Buffalo Bill’s, O’Fallon, Left Hand, Pyramid, Sam Adams, Grant’s, Boulevard, North Coast Brewing, Grand Teton, Millstream, etc, etc... for nearly every one of the brewing companies listed above, there are at least 3-5 different selections. Have a decent European selection also. Overall, I am really impressed with their domestic selections, which they are adding to all the time. They regularly have beer samplings and do an excellent job of providing a wide assortment of seasonal beers as well.. The employees are friendly and quite knowledgable. The great location and impressive selection for a grocery store chain make it easily the most popular place to buy beer in the Cedar Falls/Waterloo area.