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Friar Tuck Beverage
2401 Maloney Dr, Bloomington, IL 61704, United States
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Friar Tuck Beverage
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Br
Review №1

Has an amazing selection of craft beers and spirits. Highly recommend shopping here

Ji
Review №2

Best store in the pandemic and elsewhere. Great selection and knowledgeable staff. Found my whisky in 2 seconds flat and always great for wine pairings.

Th
Review №3

Have been looking everywhere in town for Murphy Goode, and Friar Tuck was the place . Joe, the assistant manager was beyond helpful in helping me locate my vino. Will be visiting here for my Murphy Good products.KD

Th
Review №4

Incredible craft beer selection. I have been drinking craft beers for 30 years and it isnt that often that I find a place that has many beers that I have not tried. However Friar Tuck is the exception. I highly recommend them.

Ch
Review №5

Great Customer Service! Love Sugarlands Shine! Lots of flavors!!

La
Review №6

The staff are always very nice and willing to help. They have a wide variety of wine, beer, and liquor; whatever you need they have it! Store is always clean and well maintained as well.

Je
Review №7

Great selection! Excellent service. Joe always helpful

Ri
Review №8

Great selection of whiskeys. They also have mead.

De
Review №9

Awesome place! Great prices! And great employees.Very helpful and makes purchases at this location very easy!

Ch
Review №10

Do they even care? About anything? I have no problem not being greeted or acknowledged as I walk in the door but I have a slight problem not getting a bag with my items and not having my account fixed up so I can continue shopping here for rewards. All in all, I wish this place wasnt so depressing.

ra
Review №11

Big selection of wine and alcohol. Plus its one of the only places in town with a pretty decent cigar selection.

Ro
Review №12

Similar to Total Wine or ABC Liquors in other areas of the country. Nice selection of spirits and harder to find liquors, large wine selection, great prices.

Te
Review №13

Love Friar Tuck and their Teachers Highland Cream Scotch. It has a nice smokey peaty taste.

Lo
Review №14

Has a diverse selection of imported alcohols, especially whiskeys, and so far as I can tell all the beverages are priced close to their MSRP plus theres a scarce presence of gimmicky small batches and overblown collectors bottles, so you wont be spending excessively on even a top shelf liquor unless thats specifically your intent. Overall, a good medium-sized liquor store where youre almost certain to find what you want.

Ma
Review №15

Good stock, shelves are full. Prices are the best Ive found.

Ch
Review №16

Very good pricing and above average selection compared to most places.

Ch
Review №17

Beautiful liquor store with awesome selection of beers and whiskey. Please do visit!

Br
Review №18

What an wonderful experience! Came in unsure of what I wanted and thanks to Skyler’s help, I found some wine options that I’m very excited to try! Def the place to come!

DE
Review №19

Great selection! Stocked up on the minis- so many to choose from. Very helpful staff.

Ca
Review №20

Great selection. Love the local cheese display. Friendly employees.

Bo
Review №21

This stores web site says they have select 55 in 30 packs for 9.99 so I drove over 30 miles thinking I could stock up however after getting there I find out they dont have it and its not on the bud truck thats unloading so I asked the manager of they would offer me a rain check so I could come back next week she just said they havent had 30 packs for a long time and didnt offer anything to supsitute I might have taken the 24 packs of they had been same price dont believe their web page

Fr
Review №22

I was here by total chance, visiting from Chicago, and I was gladly surprised. The selection is very good (4 stars, not 5, because the selection of whiskeys is fairly limited) and the prices very very competitive (I think theyre trying to survive a Binnys a mile away).I asked for help and they were not only very kind, but very knowledgeable as well.I spent $100 and I will be back next time Im in town.

Jo
Review №23

Love the knowledgeable people, great selection. Get prefer here to purchasing at a chain grocery store

Ni
Review №24

Good selection of imported beer

A1
Review №25

Many many selection of beer wine and liquor plus supplies for home brewing, Ive always had a good experience here, Im not as picky as some other reviewers Ive read, so yeah thumbs up.

as
Review №26

Shelby was so nice and we actually talked and connected on a subject. Everyone was friendly here.

An
Review №27

The go to place for all your beverage needs.

Me
Review №28

Best place to go in BloNo for local wines. Skyler is always very helpful and full of alcohol knowledge.

Ro
Review №29

Friar Tucks in Bloomington have great people. They always help with my order and provide great recommendations

Am
Review №30

Love me some Friar! And all of the employess I have met have been very helpful!!

Ch
Review №31

A lot of wine and specialty beers but not much to choose from in standard American beer.

Le
Review №32

Great variety of products!! Friendly helpful staff.

Ja
Review №33

One of the better liquor stores in Bloomington!

Va
Review №34

Great place and great selection good pricing

Jo
Review №35

Very nice selection at a reasonable price. Staff seems to be knowledgeable and very helpful

Za
Review №36

Great service and selection! Eric was great!

Ju
Review №37

Great prices and selection.

Ja
Review №38

Always have exactly what Im looking for plus so much more and the price points are hard to beat. Can not reccomend enough. Absolutely my go to for all things spirits.

no
Review №39

Friendly staff and affordable prices

Er
Review №40

Online ordering and curbside pickup! Saves time

Bo
Review №41

Awesome beer selection.

Mi
Review №42

The craft beer section is very disorganized with empty boxes laying around everywhere. Very difficult to find what youre looking for, although they do carry brands and products you would otherwise be unable to find at Binnys.

Am
Review №43

Only place that carries hoppy water :)

br
Review №44

So far my go to for things I cant find

ma
Review №45

Great selection and service

Mi
Review №46

Booze what more needs said

Br
Review №47

Had exactly what I was looking for! Excellent service!

Ke
Review №48

Decent bourbon selection and the occasional diamond in the rough.

Lo
Review №49

Great store, knowledgeable and helpful employees but I stopped shopping here due to the fact they do not require masks and I do not feel safe

Jo
Review №50

Great beer selection both cold and warm. And a fantastic wine and spirits selection, too. My only complaint is their beer cooler tends to be a bit of a mess. But the people are always friendly and stuff is easy to find... organized in a way that allows you to peruse what you want without having to look through tons of stuff you dont.

Jo
Review №51

Huge beer section, decent whiskey and scotch as well. I shop here because they dont require masks.

Ma
Review №52

I stopped in earlier to pick up a few things. I went to check out expecting I could tap and pay. I could not and was 3.43 short with the cash I had in my wallet. Taylor(who was checking me out) apologized and gave me a small discount so I did not have to put anything back! Friar Tuck is a little farther away then Binnys is, but after this small act of kindness I will gladly make the extra drive. THANK YOU

Bi
Review №53

Ive been coming here for years and always find some great, hard-to-find beverages. I was looking for sour beers the other night and found 5 I have never tried before. Superb.

Sa
Review №54

This store is fantastic! They were very helpful with finding the right sour beers for me. Matt also walked us through lots of great brewing tips for home brews! Great suggestions! We will definitely be back!

Br
Review №55

Very kind and knowledgeable staff!

Dy
Review №56

My roommates and I went to Olive garden and was recommended a wine that was absolutely delicious, we figured if we went to a beverage store that we could find a bottle of the wine.however once we got to friar Tuck we realized that we did not take a picture of the bottle or know at all what the wine was.So I want remain and I are wandering around trying to find this bottle of wine, we figured it was worth a shot to ask the employees there if they knew what we were looking for.To our surprise, the owner was there working and knew what wine we were talking about just because we got it at Olive garden.Unfortunately they were sold out of that wine, but he suggested another that was very similar to it that they offer at biaggis.Wonderful customer service!

Ry
Review №57

Very good selection

Ri
Review №58

Great prices n service

Je
Review №59

Well organized with a lot of variety. Knowledgeable staff. Can order things online for pickup if you need a case of something for a social event.

3D
Review №60

They are close to where I live and a good selection of beer and wine. Their prices are higher to OK. Since Binnys came into town they are never very busy. I wonder how they can stay in business. I like the fact that I dont have to fight a lot of people to get what I want. So, I am willing to pay a little more and have a smaller selection than Binnys. The staff is always nice and helpful.

Mi
Review №61

Greatest store in the world.

Mi
Review №62

Excellent customer care and service!

Sa
Review №63

Easy to find. Great selection! Always leave with way more alchohol than intended. ❤❤❤

Ti
Review №64

Corporate is not requiring patrons to wear masks in the store, unnecessarily exposing employees and other patrons to infection. I wont be shopping here unless that changes.

La
Review №65

Spent some time shopping here and found a nice bottle of Scotch to buy. Manager took the bottle to the register while we continued to shop. As we we were ready to leave he informed me that that bottle had been reserved by someone else. He was pretty rude all together, not somewhere that Ill shop again

Ch
Review №66

Had just about every thing you would need.

co
Review №67

What a great selection of drinks they have. They also have cheeses and the like from Ropp, which is great and convenient.

Ch
Review №68

Friar Tuck is 5 star all day long! Great staff! Good prices! And, they often carry a lot of things no one else does. Don’t forget, they can special order anything! A gem in Bloomington. A+ customer service.

Co
Review №69

Only been here once, my wife wanted some Boones farm strawberry wine. I didnt think they still made it. Lol nice selection of alcohol

Da
Review №70

Was cool with this place till they decided masks were unnecessary.

Da
Review №71

They have a large beer selection, but nothing impressive compared to HyVee or to binnys which are both within about a mile. If youre into beer, their prices are on average a dollar or two higher than competitors. I went there to buy a special edition beer, they had never heard of it, meanwhile the other stores had already sold out.

Ju
Review №72

This place has what other places usually don’t. Good selection. And staff is always friendly and knowledgeable.

Ch
Review №73

The staff is always really friendly, its a place where you always feel welcome! Great selection and knowledgeable staff.

Ji
Review №74

Excellent selection and service. Very knowledgeable staff!

Ch
Review №75

I love this place. Very knowledgeable staff and management. I find the different types of beverages that I look for here and continue to find the things I did not know I was looking for due to expert guidance by this staff. Matt the General manager has done a wonderful job with this location.

Da
Review №76

We looked high and low for Petrus aged red and they had it! So happy! Thank you!

ve
Review №77

Staff is great and they have a great selection on everything

Ki
Review №78

I always find what Im looking for here and the staff is always very helpful and knowledgeable about the product.

Ca
Review №79

Great place always friendly always helpful little pricier than buying at Walmart but they dont have the same stuff this place does

co
Review №80

Great, diverse selection and friendly, helpful staff! We went during a tasting and were able to sample a variety of great products

Ni
Review №81

No masks required, endangering their employees and customers.

Ka
Review №82

Joe and Tony are both terrific help when I am looking for a new beer or bourbon. They are friendly and helpful whenever I am in the store. I love the tastings on Saturdays!

Ph
Review №83

Good selection of craft beer. Slightly better prices than Binnys (more often than not, for the beers I buy). What I appreciate most is their willingness to post the arrival of harder to find beers on their Twitter page... Keep it up!

Jo
Review №84

Great place

se
Review №85

Nice selections of wines for every pocket, great service

Li
Review №86

Wheelchair accessible, wonderful atmosphere, helping me was no problem. Prices were competitive but reasonable..

De
Review №87

Employees and managers were helpful and friendly. Got a 5 pack of German beer on sale really reasonable. Came with a nice beer glass but got home and found out the beer was over a year out of date. The stuff was brewed to the 15-18 Purity law. It should be okay since it was packaged out of direct light. Just wish it had been noted on the sale price that it was as outdated

Ky
Review №88

Becca was super helpful with helping me pick some delicious alcohol to drink. She’s the best. I’ll come back for sure.

El
Review №89

I went in to get syrups for my coffee once with two little in tow and they were so helpful. The guy had no judgement about having my kids with me in the liquor store and offered to help me carry the bottles of syrups out!

De
Review №90

Great experience every time I come workers very professional

Je
Review №91

Great selection at good prices. Always willing to help. Love all the options

We
Review №92

Fantastic selection. Great service. Love the personalized recommendations as well.

Jo
Review №93

Great local business!

Ca
Review №94

Great place to get a variety of beer or liquor at great prices!

ar
Review №95

Actually had the obscure liquors we wanted! Great selection and very nice staff.

Su
Review №96

Always great choices. Perfect sized store for parking and running in and out. Staff pleasant

Am
Review №97

I always enjoy my visits to Friar Tucks! Its peaceful and full of excellent choices. The staff is always friendly and helpful!

Da
Review №98

Great selection and staff is always super knowledgeable and helpful.

Ke
Review №99

Lee is an awesome customer service guy really patient and helpful guy ! Will return.

La
Review №100

Love the location. Staff is friendly and its walking distance to my building that i live in.

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4.7 Rating
  • Address:2401 Maloney Dr, Bloomington, IL 61704, United States
  • Site:https://bloomington.friartuckonline.com/
  • Phone:+1 309-664-5890
Categories
  • Beer store
  • Liquor store
  • Brewing supply store
  • Cigar shop
  • Wine store
  • Winemaking supply store
Working hours
  • Monday:10AM–10PM
  • Tuesday:10AM–10PM
  • Wednesday:11AM–7PM
  • Thursday:10AM–9PM
  • Friday:10AM–7PM
  • Saturday:10AM–7PM
  • Sunday:10AM–7PM
Service options
  • Curbside pickup:Yes
  • No-contact delivery:Yes
  • In-store pickup:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
Planning
  • Quick visit:Yes
Payments
  • Checks:Yes
  • Debit cards:Yes
  • NFC mobile payments:Yes
  • Credit cards:Yes
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