C & M Liquors

My husband and I popped in here briefly to grab something to drink to take to an event in the area. We stopped here out of convenience since we were in the neighborhood. It’s a small liquor store offering the basics of beer, wine and liquor. The gentleman working was friendly and willing to help us with whatever we needed. We ended up grabbing a variety 40s to take to our event to sip on. Classy — I know… but that’s how we roll. I would stop back by here if I was in the area.

I went there for wine. That’s a bust. If you want Wild Turkey or the like then you will be fine. Minimal wine selection.

Ohhhhhh myyyy Goddddddd…
…ghetto.
I mean, I’ve been in some shady situations (come on, I live on the Eastside!), but this was shaaaaaaadyyyyyy…
SO my boyfriend has this thing for Old Milwaukee… not The Beast. No one has a thing for The Beast. This comes in a red can. Apparently NO ONE sells it in Austin. He spent forever calling around to EVERY liquor store in town. Finally his call was greeted by a soft Mexican accent saying «Yes, in the red can.» Rejoice!
We head over and find quite the hole in the wall — a rundown building with a faded yellow sign. They have a huge liquor selection and a limited beer selection (consisting mainly of 40s). The Old Milwaukee was buried behind the Steel Reserve — we dug it out and bought them out (one 6 pack and one 12 pack). There’s a guy in the corner rap-​singing to himself. A group of men are paying for top shelf brandy with CHANGE.
Across the street we could see people walking in and out of an abandoned building pitch-​black inside. Whaaaat were they doing and whyyyy didn’t they turn the lights on?
A Hispanic man and woman run the show. He has a gun, she has a golden grill. They are very sweet! They recognized we were out of our element and got us out of there QUICK. It was pretty funny.
Aaaaaand of course my car thought it would be cute to not start when we went to leave. Its not a scary neighbourhood, just weird. I mean, a cute old lady was setting up chairs outside of an old abandoned building (why?). Its weird because EVERYONE is out and walking around… doing… nothing. Talking to each other in passing, meandering about, but doing nothing. Reminded me of Birds or some zombie movie.
Five stars for being… unique.