The Liquor Store #5 — Local services in Houston

There's a story behind my relationship with Liquor Store #5: I was homeless for a brief time and Lanny @ LS#5 was so sweet to me when I came in, even though he could have looked down on me. During this time, whenever I could scrape up $5 for a few mini bottles of vodka, I'd leave the shelter & bus over a couple miles to LS#5. I was never a drinker before becoming homeless; it will drive you to drink though. Now that I'm back on my feet & have a vehicle again, & feel like a drinky-pooh, I go back to Lanny. I was there today for a bottle of Russian Standard vodka to keep in my freezer. The owner is often there too, & he can advise you on the better liquors, as he's a wealth of knowledge. The selection is fantastic and the prices are fair to discounted. They have everything drinky-pooh-wise that...

Used to really like this store when the owners would be there. They are so friendly and helpful. Just overall nice people....NOW, the people that work there now are total opposite. They didn't greet me when walking in ( I was the only one coming in and they weren't with customers), the male employee even walked in front of me in between the shelf and myself and didn't say excuse me, hello, can I help you...nothing. So I immediately walked out the store. Can't spend my money where Im not feeling comfortable. I gave it 2 stars because the owners are not that way and they keep their...

Store owner “RAF” I believe his name is, is very disrespectful sold me a fake bottle I came back the next day showing him the liquor frozen solid and he refused to give me credit or even exchange my bottle as if I wouldn’t not be honest about a cheap bottle of liquor. Told me to contact distributor but wouldn’t give me the number or contact information until I refused to leave and started letting other customers know that the liquor was fake. Showed him the difference between a real bottle and the fake bottle and he still refused to offer any type of...