Why don'tcha try lookin' under yer nose, you jerk?
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the answers to our problems usually lie right in front of our faces.
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Wellll, would ya look at what Ah dun foun' in mah own backyard!!!
:duh: :duh: :duh:
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what a freakin' maroon.
:duh: :roll: :duh: :?
Recently, I was down in the Astor Place section of Lower Manhattan. This is in the 8th Street area as the East Side meets the West Side, where Broadway does yet another crossover, and the NYU girls are lookin' hot n' hippie-ish still, despite the fact that the 60's are over.
Well, I had known peripherally that there was good liquor store action down there, and had even glanced around at both of the big stores within a block of each other, one on Broadway, the other, Astor Wines on a side street, which is in fact Astor Place itself.
I happened to be in the area recently headed for a client's apartment, and thought that even though both of these places were obviously huge for a New York liquor store, no way they would have competitive prices. After all, I'm not going to find anything competitive with my favorite web sites. I'm fortunate to have found a couple of midtown stores with competitive prices on one or two items. What kind of selection could these guys probably have, and what would their selection be?
Well, after talking to my client's husband about my irrepressible nature of being . . .
In Search of . . .
fine bourbon and rye, he said not to leave without checking out both stores. While he doesn't know the bourbon/rye arena, he knows wine, and gave both stores a big thumbs up. I went back and started looking in the huge window displays seeing a wide variety of bourbon and rye products and some ridiculously low prices on a couple of favorites. I did note that they were both running sales, and the prices were below what I would find at my favorite internet sites, except when they run big sales, and that's not often.
I was shocked by the low prices in fact, and amused by other things. I went inside both stores, quite convenient due to the close proximity. One had something I recently purchased at Binny's for $19.99 (Kentucky Vintage) for the same price :shock: , while another store had it for $31.99 :mrgreen: . Both had Knob Creek for the astoundingly good price of $19.99. Both had very good selections, with Astor Wines winning the selection battle, coming in at "excellent" in my estimation. On many items they were within a dollar or so of each other, on other items far apart, like the Kentucky Vintage example above.
Another example was the Van Winkle Family Reserve 13 year old rye, with Astor Wines selling it for $35.99 and the other place for $44.99. :dunno:
On that trip at Astor Wines I found and purchased a bottle of Old Potrero Straight Rye Whiskey for a "walk-out price" of $76.03. On another trip I purchased a bottle of Baker's, No. 9 on my list for the shockingly low walk-out price of $30.40. With taxes on booze costing less than shipping charges, and prices and selection being what they are at both of these places, my access to a wide selection and competitive prices has suddenly been blown wide open.
A gentleman at Astor Wines told me that the current sale is running until the end of the month and that they have a sale every month. Very interesting. The Old Potrero product that I purchased is in fact the one I have been eagerly . . .
In Search Of . . .
and recent research has finalized my knowledge on this line. A post on the Old Potrero products is upcoming to clear any confusion, provide some direction and advise on my experience.
From the files of . . .
the answers to our problems usually lie right in front of our faces.
From the files of . . .
Wellll, would ya look at what Ah dun foun' in mah own backyard!!!
:duh: :duh: :duh:
From the files of . . .
what a freakin' maroon.
:duh: :roll: :duh: :?
Recently, I was down in the Astor Place section of Lower Manhattan. This is in the 8th Street area as the East Side meets the West Side, where Broadway does yet another crossover, and the NYU girls are lookin' hot n' hippie-ish still, despite the fact that the 60's are over.
Well, I had known peripherally that there was good liquor store action down there, and had even glanced around at both of the big stores within a block of each other, one on Broadway, the other, Astor Wines on a side street, which is in fact Astor Place itself.
I happened to be in the area recently headed for a client's apartment, and thought that even though both of these places were obviously huge for a New York liquor store, no way they would have competitive prices. After all, I'm not going to find anything competitive with my favorite web sites. I'm fortunate to have found a couple of midtown stores with competitive prices on one or two items. What kind of selection could these guys probably have, and what would their selection be?
Well, after talking to my client's husband about my irrepressible nature of being . . .
In Search of . . .
fine bourbon and rye, he said not to leave without checking out both stores. While he doesn't know the bourbon/rye arena, he knows wine, and gave both stores a big thumbs up. I went back and started looking in the huge window displays seeing a wide variety of bourbon and rye products and some ridiculously low prices on a couple of favorites. I did note that they were both running sales, and the prices were below what I would find at my favorite internet sites, except when they run big sales, and that's not often.
I was shocked by the low prices in fact, and amused by other things. I went inside both stores, quite convenient due to the close proximity. One had something I recently purchased at Binny's for $19.99 (Kentucky Vintage) for the same price :shock: , while another store had it for $31.99 :mrgreen: . Both had Knob Creek for the astoundingly good price of $19.99. Both had very good selections, with Astor Wines winning the selection battle, coming in at "excellent" in my estimation. On many items they were within a dollar or so of each other, on other items far apart, like the Kentucky Vintage example above.
Another example was the Van Winkle Family Reserve 13 year old rye, with Astor Wines selling it for $35.99 and the other place for $44.99. :dunno:
On that trip at Astor Wines I found and purchased a bottle of Old Potrero Straight Rye Whiskey for a "walk-out price" of $76.03. On another trip I purchased a bottle of Baker's, No. 9 on my list for the shockingly low walk-out price of $30.40. With taxes on booze costing less than shipping charges, and prices and selection being what they are at both of these places, my access to a wide selection and competitive prices has suddenly been blown wide open.
A gentleman at Astor Wines told me that the current sale is running until the end of the month and that they have a sale every month. Very interesting. The Old Potrero product that I purchased is in fact the one I have been eagerly . . .
In Search Of . . .
and recent research has finalized my knowledge on this line. A post on the Old Potrero products is upcoming to clear any confusion, provide some direction and advise on my experience.
