Liquor Stores
East Side Liquor Company
About East Side Liquor Company
East Side Liquor Company is at 4209 27 St in Vernon, in the numbered grid that carries most of the city's daily errands and within reach of the older residential streets climbing East Hill. It is the sort of stop that gets added to the end of a trip into town rather than made on its own.
Private liquor retail in British Columbia works on selection and convenience, and what a store chooses to carry is the main thing that separates one from another. Some lean hard into wine, some build out the cooler for beer and cider, and the range of spirits varies with the size of the floor. In the Okanagan, where the whole valley south of here is planted in vineyards, the wine side of the business carries a particular weight, and staff who know their shelves are worth talking to rather than browsing past. If you are buying for a gathering, it is worth asking what is available in larger formats and whether anything can be set aside for pickup.
Vernon sits at the top of the valley where orchard and vineyard country gives way to hayfields and pasture, and its trade reflects the mix. Summer brings visitors down to the beaches at Okanagan Landing and along Kalamalka Lake, and the warm months move very different stock than a cold January evening does. Buying for a boat day and buying for a night when the snow is coming down are two different shopping trips, and a store that serves a city like this one has to do both.
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In the Downtown Vernon neighbourhood of Vernon.
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