Bottles & Cans - North Center

Bottles & Cans - North CenterBottles & Cans - North Center
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Store

4109 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, Illinois, 60618-3259
United States

(773) 857-2270 | map
bottlesandcanschicago.com
PLACE STATS
Average:
4.44
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
63
pDev:
8.11%
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Rated: 4.25 by Monkeyknife from Missouri

Oct 17, 2021
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Reviewed by Jangoon24 from Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4.5
You really can't beat a bottle shop that carries all of the most recent releases, and lets you pick cans/bottles off of them to create your own 4/6-pack. The better whisky they carry is priced pretty aggressively, but that tends to be the norm nowadays, so it's not much of a knock on them. Even if the really rare beer they just posted on social media is sold out by the time I get over there, I've never left unsatisfied due to their great selection, and knowledge of everything!
Sep 23, 2019
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Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

4.23/5  rDev -4.7%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4.25
North Center's craft beer, fine wine and spirit shop. They hold frequent tastings. You can build your own mixed six pack from anything in the store. They have over 800 beers, 250 wines and 150 spirits to choose from.
Oct 10, 2018
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Reviewed by SD-Alefan from South Dakota

4.57/5  rDev +2.9%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4.75
This place is neat, clean and bright. That immediately puts it ahead of about half the stores out there. It is well organized by state and then by brewery.
Service was friendly and helpful without being obtrusive.
The quality is top-notch. Most, if not all, of the IPA's seem to be quite fresh. A few were just days old.
Great selection, especially with local beers. Mostly room temp shelving with a smaller cooler. Nice selection of singles for mix-a-six.
Prices are a touch high but about in line for such a shop.
Excellent bottle shop.
Oct 04, 2018
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Reviewed by dogbert617 from Illinois

5/5  rDev +12.6%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 5
One of the absolute best beer stores in Chicago, for sure. When the store owner or one of the employees is always glad to answer any questions you may have over a beer, do tasting events often upon many of my visits here, or even is willing in most cases to substitute a beer not in the create your own 4 or 6 pack area that's in the regular shelving part of this store into a CYO 4 or 6 pack, that means a DARN lot to me how much they'll go out of the way to satisfy their customers.

And the way they do a random ticket raffle for their Goose Island Bourbon County Stout release rather than having to camp out FOREVER late some night and early some morning till a store opens, is another plus. Hope this store never changes a thing, since it is an amazing store as it is! There are some wine and spirits/liqueur options they sell too, but since I don't drink those as often as I do beer, I can't comment on how good those sections are.
Nov 20, 2017
 
Rated: 4.85 by dannycohen62 from Illinois

Oct 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4.36 by IckyT2012 from Florida

Apr 06, 2017
 
Rated: 3.36 by Angerhaus from Rhode Island

Mar 21, 2017
 
Rated: 4.31 by cryptichead from Illinois

Dec 31, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by FBarber from Illinois

Jul 14, 2016
 
Rated: 4.29 by Phoodcritic from Michigan

Jul 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.41 by psoriasaurus from Thailand

Jul 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by Gambyt20 from Illinois

Jun 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.57 by Eman17 from Illinois

Jun 02, 2016
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Reviewed by pagriley from Illinois

4.15/5  rDev -6.5%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4 | selection: 4.25
Great little bottle shop. Good selection, helpful staff and eclectic offerings that the bigger stores don't stock.
Limited / special releases tend to get held and they do an event / release at a time when more people can make it which is nice too (rather than selling mid week to the truck chasers).
Feb 20, 2016
 
Rated: 4.76 by Gorf_Minor from Illinois

Jan 20, 2016
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Reviewed by petmoo23 from Illinois

3.8/5  rDev -14.4%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 4 | service: 3 | selection: 4.5
Fair bottle shop. Not the greatest service, but decent selection. Gets picked over quickly.

If you ranked Chicago bottle shops they would be in the 8-16 range.
Dec 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.6 by Canada_Dan from Colorado

Nov 12, 2015
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Rated by CotterEU from Illinois

5/5  rDev +12.6%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 5
Great bottle shop. Had great experiences every time I have gone in.
Oct 20, 2015
 
Rated: 4.45 by dexterk1 from Illinois

Oct 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.82 by slasich from Pennsylvania

Sep 14, 2015
 
Rated: 4.4 by muskiesbadgersnbeer from Minnesota

Jul 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.42 by mojiboo02 from Illinois

Jun 20, 2015
 
Rated: 4.75 by JoeMans from New York

Jun 18, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by aussiebeer from Illinois

Apr 02, 2015
 
Rated: 4.55 by Sweffin from Wisconsin

Mar 31, 2015
 
Rated: 4.55 by KeithE from Illinois

Mar 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.29 by MaximumYuks from Oregon

Feb 28, 2015
 
Rated: 4.36 by 30MinutesSouth from Indiana

Feb 19, 2015
 
Rated: 4.79 by HartsyThaiFood from Illinois

Jan 30, 2015
 
Rated: 4.78 by feeger22 from Illinois

Jan 07, 2015
 
Rated: 4.64 by Cosmic_Chieftain from Indiana

Jan 07, 2015
 
Rated: 4.57 by treywinkle from Oklahoma

Dec 23, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by GRFounder from Michigan

Dec 05, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Studs1991 from Illinois

Nov 18, 2014
 
Rated: 5 by waitwhatamidrinking from Illinois

Nov 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Nuggetz from Texas

Nov 06, 2014
 
Rated: 4.52 by bowzer4birdie from Illinois

Nov 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by spycow from Illinois

Nov 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by whalezticker from Illinois

Oct 20, 2014
Bottles & Cans - North Center in Chicago, IL
Place rating: 4.44 out of 5 with 63 ratings