France 44 Wines & Spirits

Located at a busy intersection, has off-street parking. Bright, clean and spacious interior. The selection is excellent across the board. Employees are very friendly and are helpful. Prices are fair. The beer selection is great with a lot of local products. Their walk-in beer cave is awesome. A top notch full-service liquor store which I will return to.

Best bottle shop in the city that I've found to date. Beside a nicely appointed, expensive food spot, which I would recommend for finding off-the-wall and high end food options. The beer is reasonably priced, however, and the selection is as good as it gets. One of the great features is that most of the beer is kept in the frig, meaning it has been well cared for and you will get the most out of the cans and bottles here. They keep the shelves well monitored, and I've only rarely found long-date beers. There are a few items in distribution I do not find here, mostly small locals that are only available on a limited basis. But given what I can find, including beers in depth from breweries all over the Midwest that I only find one or two beers from elsewhere, I think it is safe to say this is my go-to spot.

Recently remodeled with the addition of a second level. The upper level offers different rooms and areas for private events and classes.
The liquor store on the main level is clean, bright (with high ceilings), and well organized. Most beer is displayed in coolers with doors or in the large walk in cooler. Beer on the outside shelves of the walk in cooler is arranged in alphabetical order by brewer name, and the center part of the walk in cooler has stacks of recent arrivals and larger package sizes. Selected beers feature a recommendation by individuals of the beer staff. Well curated beer selection; the section for macro beer is relatively small and located at the back corner of the store. Very good selection of imported beers, but the main emphasis is on offering the latest from local and regional breweries. Small selection of single beers, at room temperature, for building a specially priced six pack. Very good selection of non-alcohol beer, as well as THC-infused (non-alcohol) drinks.
Staff is knowledgeable, educated, friendly, and very helpful when needed. On many Saturday afternoons, a select brewery comes in to offer samples. Carryout service is offered.
The majority of the square footage of the store is used to display liquor, wine, spirits, glassware, and gear. Downstairs there are lockers for rent for individual customer storage, mainly for wine.
In the same building is the cheese, butcher, and bakery shop, which also offers a few taps for beer. One can get a glass of beer and take the glass into the liquor store while shopping. Customers can also bring leashed dogs into the liquor store.
Public restrooms are located near the main entrance. There is a controlled flow parking lot located next to the store. Valet parking is offered for special events and classes held upstairs.
This is my favorite beer shopping store in the metro Twin Cities area, and staff Bill, Bennett, Kayla, and Rob have been a great aid in my beer enjoyment journey.

 

Very large store with so much beer! The have a small build a six pack section with lots on MN beers. Lots of crowlers and other larger singles.Huge walk in cooler with so many six packs and 4 pack of Minnesota and other region beers. Good prices. Several employees asked me if I needed help.

 

 

 

 

 

I only used their online service, and they always provided very prompt service. Very good selection, especially local stuff, and priced competitively (and the freight charges were very reasonable). Good resource to use.

 

Super clean, well organized store. Two things I noticed that made me feel good about shopping here were that 95% of the beer is kept in coolers, and things that were close to their "best by" date were marked down. This lets me know that they care about the beer having the best possible representation under their control. The other thing I liked was the staff recommendation tags. I have no idea who any of those people are, let alone know their palates, but if they're well organized and care about the beer as previously mentioned, I'm going to trust the staff is well educated on what they're recommending as well. Overall a very pleasant and comfortable shopping experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Their selection is good and they keep about 90% of their beer refrigerated which helps prevent stale beer. They also have a wonderful little cheese shop where you can get a baguette and some epoisses to go with your beer.