Reviews of McAdam Buy-Rite (Winery)

John Dirkman

Excellent selection, great service, low prices. Best liquor store in Manhattan.

infinity ego6

Good selection. Nice staff.

Alex Levine

Very decent selection of whiskey at good prices

Christopher Kohler

Only wine and Liquor. No beer.

Steven Leslie

With a wide selection of cheap liquor, this is a regular stop on my commute. They also have fine wine. If you bring fido, ask for a dog biscuit at the checkout counter.

Robert Birmele

A small buy rite store, however still good prices and helpful stall.

Sharon Kapitula

Love Buy-Rite. Small store with a great selection and reasonable prices for the city. You can find surprises like Yamazaki whiskey at times. Friendly and helpful staff and frequent free samples of new products.

P eter

McAdam Buy-Rite is my regular booze store. They have great prices and a wide-ranging selection of boozes. I was in there the other day and I noticed I felt euphoric. Why? I wondered. Was it because alcohol, the best most powerful medicine, in all the wonderful forms G-d has chosen for it, was all around me? I thought this euphoria might mean that I love alcohol too much, if just being around it could make me high. It was raining outside & there was this bourgie lady talking on her phone staring at the refrigerated wine & she still had her umbrella over her head but she’d begun collapsing it. It was crumpled, afloat but just barely, and she was peering out from under it. Although it looked like she felt pretty private on the phone under the umbrella, everyone else in McAdams Buy-Rite was aware of the interesting scene she was making. Eventually she or her conversation partner decided on a white and she paid and walked back out into the rain, still on the phone. The guy who stocks the shelves watched her through the storefront and announced, “Now she closes the umbrella.” His delivery was perfect. As I interrogated my euphoric feeling a little , I realized that no, the great feeling was not due all the shiny shimmering bottles arrayed all around me; this was the type of glowing reflection I feel when I find myself inside a perfect retail situation. An evolved, mature retail environment. A reasonable, welcoming retail environment. A retail environment that allows a vibe to coalesce around the ancient rite of distribution. The arrangement of the booze sections, the side-by-side doors, one exclusively for entrance, one exclusively for exit, and a generalized feeling of calm happiness. People talk to each other in McAdam Buy-Rite, not in an invasive way, but in a collaborative way, like we’re all collaborating on maintaining the vibe. The emblem of McAdam Buy-Rite is a drunken Irishman, perhaps a bartender, with a rainbow-shape spanning from one of his open arms to the other that says “LIQUOR”. It’s all black and yellow, my favorite color combination. Is it racist agains Irish people? No, because we love this place. Inside, it’s like a better version of St. Patty’s day: no one’s drunk or horrible, nothing’s green, everyone’s quiet and nice and there’s soothing music playing. Also right around the corner is The Nuthouse, New York’s only 24hr hardware store. The Nuthouse, together with McAdam Buy-Rite, makes this area the best appointed in Manhattan.

David Chin

Nice selection of whiskey & scotch

Alissa Bertola

Awesome selection and even better prices!

Guy D'Aleo

Best selection and best prices in town. Check your mail. ...10% coupons are great if you order a lot. They deliver locally on bigger orders.

Steve Baer

Good prices good liquor store

Jim Lynch

Best liquor store in manhattan! Who else sells organic vodka in a sphere shaped bottle??

Dan Hagendorn

Awesome local liquor store. Definitely worth the trip to find unique liquor.

TWEN 720

the most reasonably priced liquor store in the neighborhood

Jacqueline Springer

love their prices

scott Laine

DO NOT DISCOUNT BASED ON AESTHETICS! This place is a legitimate wine shop with truly knowledgeable staff. One day I'm standing in front of the French wines deep in thought (I got distracted) and this kid comes up and asks if I need help. I did, but wasn't sure what I was going to get, so I asked what he thought of this $25 French red I was looking at. Well wasn't I the fool, this kid nailed it and he YES &'d me with a suggestion of another wine that I knew and he nailed that one as well. This place is three block further away from my home than the nearest wine shop, so I have to walk a little further, but it's worth it. These guy know their grape. BTW: Bonus tip, they usually have a special on large bottles of Vodka if you are ever in need...just sayin.

Jon Meadow

The original Bur Rite has good inventory a d prices. The do Buy Rite and so will you

manny subramani

Good price in Manhattan not much variety

joshep Leon

Good service..

Dave S

Very personable staff, good selection and reasonable prices. I've been a regular there for 5 years, its my favorite NYC liquor store.

Jesús A. Serrano Redondo

Very friendly staff and good selection of wines

Jeff Yeck

Good prices and selection.

Laura Webb

Local liquor store with limited selection. I usually go to whare house for liquor where there are broad selection with cheaper price than local stores. This place is convenient, but their selection is relatively limited for me.

lakisha reardon

Staff,always friendly and helpful love each and everyone of them

CC

The only reasonable price liquor store in that area.. worth walking the long blocks.. they also give out doggie treats if you bring your dog inside.

David Lautz

Fair prices for hard to find whiskey, when they have it in stock.

Nick Molinski

Solid store. Neighbourhood would not be able to get its drink on without it.

Mk Badol

nice or buety