Sahar Food & Liquor

Great spot for last minute needs– bathroom & kitchen needs and they also have a great selection of beer and alcohol. The owner is very helpful! Awesome corner store for the neighborhood!
Pet food
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SAHAR has a new name and new look Inside and out

Update: Green Grocer now has a great selection around the corner just South on Ashland. $ 2 cheaper for almost any six pack than Sahar. Between this and the Trader Joes rumors we will finally get some price competition for booze in the neighborhood!

Such a great neighborhood spot. I love stopping in after work around the corner to prepare for a fun evening. They also have easy lunch/​snack grabs for those cold days it’s not worth it to transit.

It’s a convenience store. It gets you what you need when you need it. Didn’t find anything too special about, but can be useful if you’re in the neighborhood.

Absolutely love this liquor store! Not only because it is about 10 steps from my front door, but they seriously have everything you need. Spirits, wine, beer, snacks, batteries, lotto tickets, T.P. etc etc etc.
Mohammed is always there behind the counter with a smile on his face when you walk in. Such a nice, sweet guy! He wrote me and my husbands name in Arabic when we were checking out. Who does that? Sahar Liquor does! :)
This will always be my one stop shop when we have a party or run out of booze.

Lived in the ‘hood for a few years and this place was the bomb. It saved me from spending 30 minutes going to Target or Jewell, searching for what I needed and spending another ten trying to use the self checkout.
They have a great selection. At Sahar I’ve purchased: beer, wine, lottery, Saran wrap, liquor, honey and prophylactics. Not all on the same night. Promise.

Excellent selection of brews for a craft beer snob such as myself, plus lots of other stuff you might want on the way home from a long day on the factory floor, cutting tracks with Kanye, or performing C-​level analyses at your $ 200K/​yr pre-​tax income job. Plus, they have cool incense burning.
Only reason this is not a full 5 stars is the lack of 40s sold — we need OE!

You wanna pick up a six pack of cheap beer, good beer, great beer or a fifth of Jim Beam? You need some gummy bears, a 9 volt battery, some Aleve, milk, a can of Vienna sausages and the latest issue of Barely Legal?
Hungry for some hotdogs, dog needs dog food, wanna finally get that giant, three foot tall fish shaped wine bottle you’ve been eyeing for months… DONE.
Sahar, or the store on the corner of Wood and Division or the store with the bright yellow awning, or that place that has good prices on half pints of Beam is all I could ask in a corner store. I get my specialty colas there when I’m thirsty, my chocolate treats there when I’m passing through, my liquor there when I wanna tie one on and I’ve come to appreciate the guys behind the counter. They’re pretty cool I must say.
OVERALL: A top notch corner with a great liquor/​beer/​wine selection and an amazing variety of goods to satisfy most of your vices or just your everyday, run of the mill type needs.

If you live in the area I’m sure you’ve stopped in, either for a quick soda or some beer for a party. They have a surprisingly good selection of craft beer, way better than Jewel just a few blocks away. It’s a great neighborhood store!

Love this place. Why?
Well, when buying a buying a bottle of wine I am told:
1. No way, you can’t be THAT old.
2. You so pretty — can I keep your driver’s license photo?(cheeky smile ensues)
Hah! Yes… I will buy anything here!

Great neighborhood store – really good beer selection, wine is decent too. I agree with the comments that Mohammed et al are super nice. I actually live closer to D&D, but unless it’s insanely cold or rainy, it’s worth the walk to actually have a pleasant experience.

Its great that I can walk around the corner and purchase some of my favorite German beer here!!!

They just got a new big fancy loud sign!
And they just erased the hand painted «Hot Summer» sign with a crazy sun from the window…
We had heard rumors they were closing several months ago, but apparently not.
Anywho, they have liquor, mixers, cigarettes, lighters, peanuts, pretzels, mac and cheese, toilet paper, feminine items, cat litter, Combos, Pop-​Tarts, Slim-​Jims, Pickle-​in-​a-​bag…
Just listing some of the things I remember buying, except the Pickle-​in-​a-​bag…

I love Sahar. It’s right on the way home from my gym, so I can workout and then celebrate my triumphs with a 6 pack of beer. (Yeah, it probably defeats the purpose, but hey. Triumph! I went to the gym!)
They have a great little selection of beer here for a corner store. My most recent purchase was a sixer of Abita Purple Haze. The wine selection isn’t bad either — it’s definitely not a high end place, but if you’re looking for a simple bottle of pinot to take to a friend’s place, this is a nice little stop.
The folks behind the counter are always friendly and smile, which goes a long way with me. I love having a great convenience store nearby!

Hidden gem on division street to resupply your refrigerator or wine rack or liquor cabinet for those evenings (or mornings, we aren’t here to judge) when you want to have friends over for a couple and stay inside versus fighting the bar crowds…
— Very nice selection of beer, some real finds here and was my go to local store for seasonal beers and ales this year…
— A great selection of wines for a walkable store
— Good liquor selection as well…
The store is also equipped with plenty of other provisions, whether you are looking to buy munchies for a gathering or forgot an ingredient or item on your weekly grocery run…
LOTTO is available here too and the guys behind the counter are always laid back and cool!

I love the dudes that work here. Shout out to you Mohammed; you’re a cool dude.
This is a real neighborhood place; no carding after your first few visits. No judgment about the RIDICULOUS frequency of your alcohol purchasing.
In fact, one time I was in Sahar w/​some friends on route somewhere on a Saturday night and I made some comment to the effect of «Mohammed knows me well! I buy tons of alcohol here!»
He said «No Crystal, don’t say that! No one is counting.»
I can’t really speak for the overall selection in this place because I buy the same thing over and over and over and over.
But I can say that in my years of living within a one block radius of Sahar, numerous times I have had food or household item related crisises (get home from store to make pasta dish, but find that BF didn’t BUY ANY PASTA) and Sahar has always saved the day. They have a lot of random shit in that area around the corner… good in a pinch.
Frankly, I don’t know what else you could ask for in a neighborhood convenience store, I really don’t.

I don’t know what I’d do without Sahar.
They have those green bag tortilla chips.
They have a great beer selection.
They have those Izzy sodas for when I’m feeling fancy.
They have ice cream and root beer when I need a float.
They have a million choices of Orbit gum, that I always have on me.
They have nickel candy.
They have Mohammad, the friendliest, nicest convenience store guy you’ll ever meet. He asked me out on a date once, but I had to decline. I moved for a few months and when I came back he asked where I had been. I was touched that someone remembered me like that.
Anyway…I’m kind of scared. There’s a huge «FOR LEASE 3,500 sq ft. RETAIL» sign hanging on the building. SO HELP ME GOD IF THERE’S ANOTHER PUPPY OR BABY BOUTIQUE MOVING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD I’M GOING TO SPIT FIRE.
Enough already!
I haven’t gone inside to ask about the sign or the possibility of them closing their doors…
I’m almost afraid to ask.
VIVA SAHAR!

Mohammed is a sweetheart– he’s the one behind the counter in the afternoons, evenings, and nights. He’s ALWAYS there. He once told me he works an average of 90 hours a week. Anyway, I’ve had bad days and gone in there, and he cheers me up with his bad jokes while I’m choosing the liquor that I’m going to drown my sorrows in for the rest of the night.
Yep, really good selection for beer and wine for a corner store (they carry Toasted Head cab which is one of my favs despite the fact that it’s a «critter wine»).
Downsides: (1) The guy that opens the store in the morning is often late. (2) They’re always out of clumping kitty litter and only usually have the cheap stuff left on the shelf. (3) Unless you’re looking to drink vinegar, don’t buy the super cheap wines on sale. Yuck.
Long live Sahar!

Convenient location and late night hours. Sahar has a large selection of decently priced wine. Having said that, I have found some brands to be a bit higher at Sahar than at other stores. (i.e. 9.99 for Yellow Tail)… Otherwise, the average price for a bottle of decent wine is 8.99. I can handle that. (insert disclaimer – my perception of decent wine is probably not at all decent compared to your perception). Convenience, good hours, nice fellows… Sahar is where it’s at.
Note that you can also buy dish detergent here. Score!