The fol­low­ing are rec­om­mended only because they’re the only peo­ple will­ing to sell you a bot­tle till 11:45, you lov­able wino. Unless you live, like, right next door to Wal­greens, and you’ve got a crush on the counter-guy, and you’re sure it’s going some­where, just plan your shop­ping ear­lier. We’ve got plenty of good options, with good price breaks, and staff nice-to-mean-enough-looking (to mean-looking-but-really-nice) to fit any taste.

But, we know. You’re prob­a­bly read­ing this on your phone at 10:15 on Fri­day, pan­icked everyone’s gonna think you’re the douche that brought that one dusty beer from the back of your fridge, and intends to drink at least 15 times that from the party cooler. And we don’t want you to be that douche, either. So until one of our beloved locals steps up, here’s a few stand­bys to keep you well-regarded as you make a douche of your­self on the dance floor, instead:

Walgreen’s	Smith’s	Albertson’s
2950 Cen­tral SE 262‑1745	320 Yale SE 266‑0201	4950 Mont­gomery NE 883‑8706
2011 12th NW 247‑2353	2620 Carlisle NE 884‑0125	1625 Rio Bravo SW 877‑2240
4700 4th NW 312‑9705	5850 Eubank NE 299‑0848	6600 Cen­tral SW 831‑3121
6000 Coors NW 312‑9663	1601 Are­nal SW 877‑4542	11825 Lomas NE 293‑9280