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January 2024 by Mary W.
It was traumatic, disturbing, and unprofessional to the point of bordering on assault, and I considered calling the cops. I went to this store with my tween daughter (I am a 56-year-old mother) to purchase a small bottle of wine and a bottle of hard cider to cook French onion soup. My fourteen-year-old daughter is interested in learning languages and saw a bottle at the register with French on it; she touched it and asked me what it was out of curiosity. When it came time to pay, the (frankly scary and rude) young male cashier asked for her ID. I was dumbfounded and explained she was my daughter, confirmed that she was a minor and that the (small) purchase was for me to make soup. I laughed playfully, thinking it was an obvious misunderstanding and that I could make my purchase, but instead, he went to locate the manager and did not return. On my own, I found the manager and explained the scenario, and she told me unless I could produce an ID saying my daughter was twenty-one, they would have to ask me to leave and would not sell to me. I pointed out that nowhere in the store was a sign informing parents that if their child touched a bottle, the customer would be asked to leave if they could not prove that the child was 21. She stated that it was unnecessary to post this and that it is apparent children should not "touch" a bottle (I'm thinking of all the times at Whole Foods and the Coop when my kid helped me unload a shopping cart, and we were not harassed or treated this way). I expressed dismay and said that I would not shop there and that I would tell others in the community of this, to which the male cashier screamed "F-ck Off" at me (in front of a line of customers) as my daughter and I left the store. My daughter was so upset and traumatized by this she burst into tears in the car. I cannot emphasize enough how abusive this experience felt and how threatened I felt as a single (older professional mother) with a young adolescent daughter by my side. Please do not patronize this store and let others know of this experience. There was absolutely no need for either the manager or her staff to treat us this way; it was an abuse of (petty) power directed at women. PLEASE NOTE: I have since talked with the Deerfield police as this bordered on feeling like harassment or discriminating and if you have had a similar experience (as others have, just look at Yelp) you can file a complaint with the Massgov site page for the ABCC (alcohol beverage and control commission) and with the town of Deerfield Selectboard.
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October 2023 by Nicole Omalley
Just want to say Jeff is so great. He's knowledgeable and is so helpful. Super friendly and energetic. Give that boy a raise!
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March 2023 by Mary Ellen
Great staff. Very helpful.
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January 2023 by Lawrence Shepard
Nice selection of wines and beers
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January 2023 by Alexander B.
Owner/manager refused me service because somebody who had been in the store before me had asked to purchase something similar with an expired ID, or so the guy said. I did have ID, and a non-expired one and was not with the person so there was clearly no legal reason to do this, but the store owner claimed it was "his right" to refuse me service. To be clear, there was no indication that this person was even underage, yet I was refused service. I hope to have this businesses liquor license revoked from the town of deerfield so somebody willing to sell liquor to customers with valid ID can instead be licensed. Avoid.
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November 2021 by Joshua M.
Balancing out the hate. They are lovely! Good people, easy in and out. Never had a single issue
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September 2021 by Jonas Warner
My I.d. was expired tried to get water and fireball couldn't get it, and the gentleman working at 1:49 on Sept sixth refused to even sell me and the rest of my party the water after being incredibly rude
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September 2021 by Daniel Carmody
I don’t even drink and this is hands down the best run packy in the area
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August 2021 by Jonathan Hebert
Liquor store with great selection on local beers
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November 2020 by Katie Cerow
When they don't close early, they tick all the expected boxes of a small-town, small-footprint liquor store.
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January 2020 by Kris Murphy
All ways good
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January 2020 by Anna Judson
Helpful staff
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December 2019 by Kaitlin M.
We were visiting from Maine and the woman said the card wouldn't "accept" our licenses... we are in our 30s and have brand new IDs... never going back to this place
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September 2019 by Thomas Rooney
Keep your spirit up! 40 years of celebration!
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August 2019 by A Mcgee
Selection is okay, staff aren't friendly at all. I can't say the selection is horrible, for a small place it's pretty okay. Not sure how common this is but the two Spirit Shoppes I've been to have had pretty rude staff who act annoyed at your presence in the store.
