Where the listings come from
Business names, addresses, phone numbers and websites start from open geodata: the Overture Maps Foundation places dataset, which includes Foursquare OS Places and OpenStreetMap contributions. We keep liquor stores, package stores, wine and spirits shops, beer and wine stores and state-run liquor stores that sell bottles to take home — while bars, restaurants, breweries and wineries, grocery and convenience stores without a liquor department of their own, and distributors and wholesalers that do not sell to the public are left out. We remove duplicates (the same name and street in the same city) and drop businesses that are reported closed or that asked to be removed.
A city gets its own page when it has at least two liquor stores; towns with a single listing appear on their state page, so no page is built around one business.
What a listing shows
96% of listings have a phone number and 52% link to the business's own website. Opening hours appear only where the business or its owner has published them. We do not show ratings or reviews, and we do not copy text from other directories.
How features are marked
Wine shops, craft beer, drive-thru, cigars and discount stores are marked from the store's name and business category, and from the store's own website where the field allows it; delivery, tastings, kegs and bourbon are marked only when the store's own website names them. We read the site text with fixed word rules and check samples by hand. A store without such words is left unmarked rather than guessed, and a mark means the store says so, not that every product is always in stock. These marks are applied by software — name rules, wording rules run over each business's own website, and an AI model that reads that website — not written by hand. A mark from a website is kept only when the wording is found on the page, so a business without a mark may still offer the service — call to check.
Feature pages today: Wine Shops (11,382) · Craft Beer Stores (2,109) · Drive-Thru Liquor Stores (343) · Liquor Stores with Delivery (1,060) · Liquor Stores with Cigars (938) · Liquor Stores with Tastings (1,169) · Liquor Stores with Kegs (777) · Bourbon Liquor Stores (414) · Discount Liquor Stores (1,854).
Corrections from owners
Owners can correct their listing for free — new hours, a changed phone number, a moved address, services they offer. Corrections are applied and the listing is marked "Updated by the owner" with the month. Owners can also ask for a listing to be removed, and the removal is permanent. Write to [email protected].
How lists are ordered
Top 10 lists and the order of each city page follow how complete a listing is — website, phone, hours, services — and whether the owner has checked it. No business can pay for a position.
How often it is updated
The directory is rebuilt from the current data every night, so owner corrections usually appear within a day. The underlying geodata is refreshed from new Overture releases.