Downtown Lake Oswego Liquor & Cigars

Want to call them and see if they have a particular item in stock? Well, forget it. Call and you’ll get a recorded message directing you to a website where you can search for the item then leave your name and number for them to call back. When they decide to. If they decide to.
The only good thing about this place is that there are plenty of alternatives.

For my 300^th review, I thought it should be dedicated to something near, dear and special to me: BOOZE.
Although the Lake Oswego liquor store is not exactly close to my downtown Portland address, I am in Lake Oswego quite frequently and whenever I am, I make it a point to drop by this friendly little store.
For some reason, the Lake Oswego location always has my favorite item: the Absolut Mini Bar. This is a delightful assortment of 5 little purse sized flavored vodkas at $ 5.95.
I don’t know why none of the downtown and close in locations don’t sell this little item but LO has never let me down on my quest for booze.
Thanks for that.

Extensive scotch selection including uncommon varieties from popular distilleries. (6 different Macallans!) Several bottles in the $ 100+ range. Friendly staff, easy parking and access.
Plus, there’s something just illicit-​feeling about buying booze at a shop that’s literally at the end of the road out of town… ;)

As most of you already know Oregon is a «Controlled Liquor» state. Like a «Police» state only on Booze, Hootch, and Spirits. So what that means to Joe Consumer is that every liquor store you enter inside the «Liqour Police» state of Oregon is going to be essentially the same. Same shelving units with exactly the same price tags and «Sale» tags on the same booze from one store to the next. There are however subtle nuances at each store depending on what the «Law» allows and what the proprietor is able and willing to do differently to help them stand out from the rest of the sheep and build their clientele and sales. Such differences can vary from business hours, like closing at 7PM on a Saturday or actually even being open on a Sunday. Having tastings is a nice touch, hell even my Trader Joe’s does wine tastings! (Shout out to Big Tony!) Another difference can be selling finer top shelf spirits versus just carrying the lame headache inducing bottom shelf hootch (I’m talking to you ‘Old Crow’). Another way is to sell other items that might go well with your Courvoisier, like say Cigars! Like Pearl Specialty now has a walk in Humidor, well, Downtown LO Liquors not only prides themselves on selling the finer Spirits available but they also have a respectably large stand up Humidor that houses a nice swath of fine rolled Cigars to meet your aficionado tastes.
And besides all this the truth is that if when in D’town LO it’s the only place to go! So enjoy it for it’s convenience.
Hours: 10A– 8P Mon — Sat & 12P– 5P Sun
Enjoy