Hometown Liquor Wine & Cigars — Local services in El Segundo

This was one of the more horrifying experiences I've ever had in a store. A colleague and I were in town on business and wanted to pick up a bottle or two of California wine before heading back home on the redeye flight back east from LAX. My colleague was carrying his laptop bag because he didn't want to keep it in the car and the heavy set store clerk walked over to my colleague claiming that he received a call saying that my colleague was looking suspicious. At that point I realized that the owner was probably remotely watching us on his cameras. When I got to the register, I asked the clerk what exactly happened and the clerk responded in a very acusitory manner claiming that my 'friend was acting weird'. I said, "Excuse me?", then he repeated himself. I told him that he totally had the wrong idea and to that, he started getting extremely aggressive and pointed. At that point, I asked him to cancel the sale and that I didn't want to purchase the wine and he told me to "Get out of the store!" I have never felt so unsettled in a situation like that in a long time. I couldn't believe it!

I would highly recommend avoiding this place! I can imagine they've had some previous incidents with theft, but they're obviously incorrectly profiling the...

Needing to buy some lotto for a big jackpot, Hometown Liquor was nearby & helped me complete my objective. Located conveniently across from the baseball field at Richmond Street Elementary, Hometown Liquor has a small private parking lot, street parking available, too. The man working the register was quick with the Quick Pick, and I was...

Moved to El Segundo four years ago. I frequent this market every week and these past years Frank has consistently been the coolest dude I’ve ever met in Southbay. Always up for some positive conversation, always has a smile on his face and always has something cool to say. Frank is the best. I’ll be back...