Liquor Stores
A destination bottle shop in Steveston village leaning hard into BC VQA boutique wine and hard-to-find craft beer. Staff run free consultations rather than just ringing you through, and free ice comes with the purchase. Open 9am to 11pm daily.
BC VQA and boutique wine fill most of the shelf space here, alongside the sort of craft beer that never reaches general distribution. Private liquor stores in this province vary enormously, and the variation is almost entirely about whether anyone behind the counter cares. Steveston Liquor Store is set up as a destination bottle shop rather than as a cooler wall with a till, with staff who will talk you through a choice instead of just ringing you through.
Use that. If you are bringing something to a dinner and have no idea what, describing the food and your budget to someone who tastes for a living beats twenty minutes of reading shelf tags. It also beats defaulting to the same bottle you always buy, which is what most people do when left alone in an aisle.
The village makes sense as a home for a shop like this. There is a residential population that is not going to drive into Vancouver for wine, a steady flow of visitors, and a cluster of restaurants and pubs within a few blocks. Third Avenue sits one street back from Moncton, so it is an easy stop on the way through rather than a detour. Prices sit at the upper end, which is what happens when the stock skews toward small producers rather than volume brands. Buy your case of something ordinary elsewhere and come here for the bottle that has to be good, or for a cooler run before an afternoon at Garry Point.
In the Steveston neighbourhood of Richmond.
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A private store in Broadmoor Village Mall at No. 3 Road and Williams Road, open until 11pm. Reliable beer and cooler fridges including singles, a decent wine wall, and free mall parking. The obvious bottle stop for south-central Richmond.
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The neighborhood liquor store at Terra Nova shopping center in west Richmond, open 9am to 11pm daily. Not the largest selection in the city, but staff will carry a case out to your car and the location beats driving across town for a bottle.
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A private store in the Garden City Shopping Centre with a premium spirits selection that regulars rate above the government stores. Competitive pricing, same-day delivery, open until 11pm, and parking shared with the Save-On-Foods next door.
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A private store tucked into Lansdowne Centre next to JYSK, open long hours and an easy walk from the Canada Line. Craft beer fridges, a broad spirits shelf and fine wine, with free mall parking. Useful when the government store has already shut.
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A private liquor store on Alderbridge Way beside the Walmart, open 8am to 11pm. A walk-in cold room keeps beer at near-freezing, the shelves are organized properly, and same-day delivery is available. A convenient stop on a City Centre errand run.
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A private liquor store out on Westminster Highway in east Richmond, with a loyalty points program and free ice on orders over ten dollars. Prices are keen and the staff know their stock, so it is worth a stop if you are already out this way.
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