Cub Liquor - Bloomington Valley West

Friendly staff, good selection, not too busy.

(For the record, I'm 25)nnThey refused to sell to me, claiming my ID wasn't valid. I countered by showing another state card and a federal ID, all proving I'm 25. That wasn't enough for them, as they continued to tell me I couldn't buy. What a bunch of losers. Don't waste your time with them or give these idiots your money. They just like making a scene.

Didn't have exactly what I was looking for, but did have a huge selection of spirits.

Staff is always super polite. My favorite liquor store based on customer service by far and it doesn't hurt that my favorite wine seems to always be on sale.

My boyfriend and I stopped here to pick up supplies for our Halloween party. We found the selection was pretty good - they didn’t have the small/medium sized bottles for what we needed but that was okay. When it was our turn to check out the cashier asked for our IDs and, gosh darn it, I had left my wallet in my other purse. We apologized for having to leave the stuff at the counter and I asked if we could just buy the tonic water (I didn’t know if that was okay or not since there is no booze). The middle-aged guy at the check out got obviously annoyed and snapped that he couldn’t sell us anything and I shouldn’t even be in the store. I apologized again for forgetting my wallet. My boyfriend tried to assure him that we (both late 20’s/early 30’s) were indeed over-age and we’d have to come back later. The guy snapped at us again and said that we both “Looked pretty young to him and shouldn’t even be in the store without ID.” I apologized again and we left.nnOkay, I get it. I should have had my ID on me and I should have checked my wallet before coming in the store, it’s the guy’s job to make sure people aren’t trying to buy booze underage. Totally understandable. But we were 100% fine with not being able to purchase anything and were okay with coming back later. I even apologized for them having to re-stock the stuff we brought up to the counter.nnMaybe the cashier guy was having a bad day. But people forget their wallets sometimes. I don’t know what else I was supposed to do at that point beyond apologizing and agreeing to leave? Anyway, I don’t think we’ll be coming back anytime soon, there are a dozen other places nearby with a better selection and nicer people.