Northwest Liquors — Local services in Elgin

I honestly have no idea how this store is still open. Buckets all over the store with BLACK water dripping from the ceiling. The buckets where over flowing so there was really just a massive puddle over the whole store, no sign saying to watch for water(granted it's not hard to miss!) The store was super messy. The cashier was very rude.. the asile weren't cleared between a ton of boxes and the buckets in the way, you have to walk side ways to get down most of of aisle to see even what they had (and no they weren't stoking the store that was there "displays" just open boxes down all of the aisles). ALSO, don't get me started on the smell it had.. even with my n95 mask on, IT WAS HORRIBLE. They did have a huge wine selection though so if your able to look past everything else then this is the place to get wine.

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The variety of products were great. The clerk was very friendly, and greeted us as we entered. It was easy to find what I was looking for. When we went to check out, the clerk was friendly and professional. The only issue I had was that the store was extremely musty. I have severe allergies and my friend has asthma. Even with PPE on, I found it difficult to breathe. I asked if they had flooding from the recent heavy rains that had many places in the area flooded. He replied "no, it is just a very old building." He was correct. I don't remember it ever not being there. I hope they are able to fix the water damage...

Bought some beer, drank a can and thought it tasted bad but I gave it the benefit of the doubt since I haven't had it before. I then opened a can of a beer I usually drink and basically instantly spit it out. I looked at the date and it was canned close to 6 years ago. The other beer was almost 3 years old which explained why I hated it. The conditions of the cans was enough of a red flag to put them down but you can't really be surprised when everything in there is as dirty as the cans are. I never leave reviews but this was so nasty that I...