What is the universe telling me when yet another liquor store opens near where I live? Drink more wine? (That's what I'm choosing to hear.) I guess Platinum Liquors doesn't mind that it's located a stone's throw from a Big Red, and a one-minute drive in all directions from either a liquor store or a grocery store that sells beer, wine and liquor. Maybe this is like when there are two Starbucks in the same shopping center -- more is more, and more is better for everyone's bottom line.
In any case, I visited Platinum Liquors a day before its official grand opening. (It officially opens 4/15.) I've been curious as to what it looks like inside, so I popped my head in the door and asked if they were open. They were! I looked around a bit. This store is tidy and organized, and although it is small, it has an OK wine section. I saw a couple of bottles I wanted to try, but they didn't have prices on them yet, so who the heck knew if I was looking at a $10 bottle or a $80 bottle. Instead, I got a canned pineapple wine cocktail job from the refrigerated section, as a show of solidarity and goodwill. It was good but a little too sweet, like those canned drinks usually are. They have lots of cold drinks here, but I didn't see too many snacks or other nibbly things.
Platinum Liquors is located right off of a big roundabout on Rangeline and 116th Street. It seems a little confusing to get to at first, but there are two entrances from the roundabout, so if you miss one, you can enter from the other side. You'll figure it out. read more