Morris Miller Wine & Liquor

This is my go-​to liquor store. It’s right on the border of DC and Silver Spring & has a wide selection of liquors and wine. I collect the Game of Thrones beer and they have them every time they come out. They’re not terribly far from the Silver Spring metro (maybe a mile), but there are a couple buses that stop right in front of it that leave from the metro if you’re not in the mood to walk that far or almost entirely uphill.

I love Morris Miller! I live in Silver Spring, but Montgomery County’s rules about distribution of beer/​wine and liquor are very complicated so it’s much easier to go across the DC line to Morris Miller. Their selection is great. Although they may not have everything you’re looking for, they have a lot of interesting beers and wines that you wouldn’t find everywhere. They also have a parking lot, which is a huge advantage in DC. Their staff is pretty knowledgeable and can point you in the right direction if you need help.
Hint: If you shop at Giant, there will be coupons for Morris Miller on the back of your receipt.

Excellent store, great spirits selection (especially Bourbon and Gin). Very happy it’s so close to me.

If one was inclined to presumption due to one’s economic ideology, then one might assume that Morris Miller would completely trump its nearby competitors in its pricing since it is free of the tightly regulated dominion of Montgomery County, but oddly enough — they do not.
Like most things in life, the end result of pitting highly regulated stores against a store that is completely free to deal with distributors directly is a mixed result.
Morris Miller does have some prices that are lower for certain products that you can purchase in the confines of Montgomery County, but some prices for the same product are higher than the nearby stores of Silver Spring. I have no idea why that is the case, but I am inclined to believe that the Illumanti is somehow involved.
One major advantage that Morris Miller has over its neighbors to the north is that it can actually sell liquor!!!
No county, state, or commonwealth run facility here.
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Now, this place doesn’t have the largest selection of booze on the planet, but they have some rare and oblique choices, as well as being stocked with the industry standards ~ especially so in the whiskey, or whisky (for you Scots out there), department. They even have a nice selection of Japanese single malts, if you are so inclined.
The wine section is not warehouse size, but they do have a large and diverse selection. Besides, size doesn’t matter. It’s all about the quality. At least, that’s what I keep telling myself.
A few other bonuses about Morris Miller:
* they have a website that actually works and you can make purchases online. they may not be able to deliver it to you, but you can pick it up at your convenience.
* there is a parking lot in the back of the store, which usually has plenty spaces available since relatively few people know about the parking lot.
* they are open on Sundays from 11am to 7pm. that’s a big deal in DC.
I believe that is all you really need to know about Morris Miller, so head on over and get yourself some damn tasty, liquid depressants!
It does a body good.

My convenient neighborhood store. Very good beer selection, much improved in recent years, and always something new coming through. It isn’t overwhelming, but a good variety of locals, crafts, and imports at a reasonable price. If I had one complaint, I’d say that they need to watch their rotation a little better, as I’ve noticed that some of the beers can be a bit out of date. (Usually they put those on sale, but I’ve paid full price a few times and gotten home to find that the beer was a couple months past its prime.) But I’ve never gotten a beer here that had gone bad (undrinkable), so they’re keeping it reasonably well.
Wine selection also seems good… I dunno, my wife drinks it by the box, so that doesn’t make us very discerning consumers! Store is clean and open, staff is nice, and they run a $ 1-​off coupon on the back of the register receipts at the local Giant. I loves me some coupons! Call me a steady customer.

They didn’t have the wine I wanted, but Alex, the wine specialist, was very helpful and convinced me to purchase a wine that is «very similar.» Honestly, I didn’t like the «very similar» wine, but do appreciate their attempt to make the customer happy! This store does have a very large selection of wines to choose from.

Great customer service and a nice clean store. These folks are pros at customer service. Always available and willing to select a nice wine or beer. This is an example of a business that values its customer base and maintains a welcoming and appealing store. Thumbs up.

Morris Miller caught my eye. All I wanted was a little Bacardi to chuck back and smooth the night over. Liquor and wine prices are less than the average county distributors. Prices are reasonable and very fair. I was pleasantly surprised at their very large selection of quite decent wines. Currently they have a special on ALL ROBERT MONDAVI wines, priced at $ 9.99. Clerks greeted me genuinely and promptly. The place was clean with no offensive odors.

Morris Miller has a decent selection and is close to my home, but when I want to make anything other an emergency purchase, I go elsewhere. Why? Deceptive business practices. They send out a massive sale catalog, and then when you get to checkout, they’ll say the wine from the bulletin doesn’t show up on sale «in the computer.» I recently tried a Groupon Now that was for $ 37 of wine at $ 20. Not only was the selection limited to three possibilities, they were on sale for $ 24.99 for 3 already. And checking prices for the so-​called $ 37 total, those bottles are worth about $ 7 each. Skip this place.

Morris Miller is not my «goto» store for the staples – that would be Cairo where I get my vodka, gin, and tequila – but when it comes to wine, beer and the occasional liqueur Morris is pretty decent and on my way to Whole Foods in Silver Spring to boot.
Listen up… The DC metro area has a big problem when it comes to beer… summer comes and nobody wants to sell or serve anything that’s not a pale ale or light lager. What incredible nonsense! Ever been in the beer aisle at Safeway on Georgia Ave. No you haven’t, there isn’t one! How about Giant in Columbia Heights? Well, they do stock beer, but the selection is so lousy, they might as well not bother. And how about the 1000-​and-​1 no-​name liquor stores in Petworth? Swill that only comes in 375ml sizes accompanied by Bud, «King of Suds»!
At least Morris Miller doesn’t assume that just because it’s July I don’t want a decent porter.

Dumpy inside, buy great customer service in wine. Ask for charday, wine expert

This review is about the marketing event Morris Miller staged in conjunction with Groupon and other similar discount coupons at the St. Regis Hotel on Wednesday, April 20^th. I paid $ 150 for two entry tickets to the event. I was impressed with the St. Regis Hotel because the location was perfect and the hotel is beautiful. The part I disliked is that the event was way oversold and the space was too small. The staff behind the tables all seemed like recent parolees: rough, bored at pouring drinks, rude, hitting on the women instead of pouring the samples. One guy pouring the samples made people wait about 5 minutes while he responded to an email on his Iphone! He just stood there and ignored everyone. Another 60 year old guy who said «he used to own a liquor store for years» made condescending remarks to people who didn’t know the difference between the different levels of bourbon, scotch, moonshine, etc. The food was good and the venue was great and that is why I am giving this event 2 stars. Ghetto people behind the tables and this was really a sales event to move inventory for the company. Did I mention that they ran out of clean glasses? That is when I decided to leave after 45 minutes of waiting in huge lines in a small room. If they stage this event next year, don’t get lured by the sense of luxury they are trying to promote! This event could have been staged in a parking lot somewhere and the effect would have been the same.

Selection looked decent, but the prices were hard to find or just not posted, and I won’t buy if I don’t know how much it costs. Also the parking lot was awkward to get to, and the staff was not at all helpful. I went there looking for a specific product, and was very obviously going around the store looking for something, but the staff were all chatting with each other and ignoring me and not one person ever thought to ask if I needed help. At this point I decided I would not go up and stand at the counter and try to attract someone’s attention, I would instead just go to S&S Liquors a few blocks away where the selection was smaller (although they did have that one thing I was looking for), prices were on the high side, but staff was perfectly friendly. Parking still sucks, though. For the most part, I just won’t shop in DC when MD is close by. MD tends to have MUCH better parking for liquor stores, grocery stores, every kind of store, plus they give you free plastic bags to carry your stuff in. Yay.

Holy crap, why have I been going to the MoCo liquor store on Colesville all this time? Morris Miller is way better! It’s better organized with a better selection. They also do beer and wine tasting. I will from here on skip the nuthouse that is MoCo Liquor and mosey down Georgia Ave to Morris Miller.

I’m a longtime customer of Morris Miller, which enjoys several key competitive advantages — nearby (Silver Spring), big free parking lot, and friendly, knowledgeable staff in the wine department (Sharday). I would like for MM to be my every-​weekend go-​to store, rather than having to drive right by it to get to Calvert-​Woodley.
Unfortunately, Morris Miller also has significant challenges. Its website is horrible — useless, out-​of-​date, and not informative about the products available at the store. Also, inside the store, prices are frequently not posted — so you need to ask, which can really slow down shopping. In addition, Morris Miller’s prices are often higher than at the nearby major competitors (Calvert-​Woodley, Chevy Chase Wines, etc.). Finally, it surprises me that Morris Miller doesn’t offer a greater number of decent wines at the $ 10 – 13 price point. It’s rare that I see customers here who shell out the bigger bucks for the fancier bottles. You might find good-​priced bargains, but it’s a crap shoot because Morris Miller doesn’t place ads in the paper or use its website to publicize sales or events. In short, they just don’t try hard enough to win my business.
For these reasons, Morris Miller is my back-​up store rather than my «local». These days I’ll stop by occasionally to pick up a couple of bottles of wine, especially if I’m short on time to reach the better stores in NW DC. Overall, I find that Calvert Woodley and Chevy Chase almost always offer greater selection and value.

My fiancé and I bought 500 hundred dollars of alcohol there for our wedding, and they added a $ 32 bottle of wine to our receipt that we never got. We were totally ripped off. We had never even heard of this supposed bottle of wine. Don’t go here.

They have a huge selection and carry a lot of top-​shelf products as well as the inexpensive brands. Their staff is knowledgeable with their wines. In the past year they have gone through a significant renovation. However, their prices run slightly on the high side.