Fair Price or NBC Liquor for Diverse Tobacco and Vape Selection?
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Liquor store in Carol Stream, IL
4.8 · 58 reviewsOpen today until 10 PMOpen until 10
Our local liquor and smoke shop, located in Carol Stream, offers a great selection of quality products and brands. Check out the variety of liquor, beer, wine, premium cigars, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and vape materials our shop has to offer. Along with years of experience and knowledge, We also provide a fine selection of tobacco accessories, and pipe store items. Visit our store today to browse our selection of spirits, tobacco, hookah accessories, and vape shop items.
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What Fair Price offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Fair Price lists 5 services on its website. Here's each one, with how many reviews mention each.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Friday or Saturday, before 11 AM.
Busiest Tuesday from 3 to 5 PM.
Rosati's Pizza of Carol Stream is next door for pizza. China Buffet is next door for Chinese food. Taco Real is next door for Mexican food.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 20, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
Usually quiet now. Busiest Tue, 3 to 5 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about Fair Price.
4.8from 58 reviews on Google
Fair Price Liquor & Smoke stands out for its extensive product range and competitive pricing, though customer service inconsistencies have been noted. Customers appreciate the welcoming atmosphere at Fair Price Liquor & Smoke, often mentioning the friendly service from staff like Patrick and Andy. Many reviews highlight the store's extensive selection of products, including vapes, tobacco, and glassware, making it a go-to spot for both regulars and newcomers.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
28 Carol Stream avg
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Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Fair Price, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Fair Price, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Fair Price. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Liquor stores in Carol Stream, IL · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 16, 2026.
Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Fair Price Liquor & Smoke is a liquor store in Carol Stream, IL. Its AI Score is 49 of 100, which is fair.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Liquor store |
| Address | 171 Hiawatha Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 9 AM to 10 PM · Fri to Sat 9 AM to 11 PM · Sun 10 AM to 8 PM |
| Phone | (630) 871-4556 |
| Rating | 4.8 across 58 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| Updated | September 16, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 171 Hiawatha Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Our local liquor and smoke shop, located in Carol Stream, offers a great selection of quality products and brands. Check out the variety of liquor, beer, wine, premium cigars, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and vape materials our shop has to offer. Along with years of experience and knowledge, We also provide a fine selection of tobacco accessories, and pipe store items. Visit our store today to browse our selection of spirits, tobacco, hookah accessories, and vape shop items. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Fri to Sat 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Fair Price Liquor & Smoke | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (630) 871-4556 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Beer | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Cigarette sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Cigar sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Electronic cigarette sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Hookah accessories sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Notifications | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Order history | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Pipe store items sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Spirits | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Tobacco accessories sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Vape materials sales | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Wine | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://fpliquornsmoke.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
These are the 5 services Fair Price offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order history | From their website | |||
| Spirits | From their website | |||
| Wine | From their website | |||
| Notifications | From their website | |||
| Beer | From their website |
Address: 171 Hiawatha Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA. Phone: (630) 871-4556. Hours: Mon to Thu 9 AM to 10 PM · Fri to Sat 9 AM to 11 PM · Sun 10 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Our local liquor and smoke shop, located in Carol Stream, offers a great selection of quality products and brands. Check out the variety of liquor, beer, wine, premium cigars, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and vape materials our shop has to offer. Along with years of experience and knowledge, We also provide a fine selection of tobacco accessories, and pipe store items. Visit our store today to browse our selection of spirits, tobacco, hookah accessories, and vape shop items."
Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Monday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rosati's Pizza of Carol Stream on Hiawatha | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |
| China Buffet | Chinese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Taco Real | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Kinta Sushi | Sushi restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Chrissy's Gaming Bar & Grill | Bar & grill | 1 min walk |
| Gary/Hiawatha/Fullerton | Transit station | 2 min walk |
4.8 average across 58 reviews: Google 58. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)
Fair Price Liquor & Smoke stands out for its extensive product range and competitive pricing, though customer service inconsistencies have been noted. (AI guess, from 58 reviews.)
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Carol Stream liquor stores run 22 to 49. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Fair Price scores 49, above the Carol Stream average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Fair Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 39 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 73 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 50 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 58 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a liquor store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| Carol Stream, Illinois | City | #city | City Fair Price is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the liquor stores in Carol Stream, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
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# Fair Price Liquor & Smoke, Carol Stream IL: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/fair-price-liquor-and-smoke-carol-stream-il. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-16. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/fair-price-liquor-and-smoke-carol-stream-il ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Fair Price Liquor & Smoke is a liquor store in Carol Stream, IL. Its AI Score is 49 of 100, which is fair. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Liquor store | | Address | 171 Hiawatha Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA | | Hours | Mon to Thu 9 AM to 10 PM · Fri to Sat 9 AM to 11 PM · Sun 10 AM to 8 PM | | Phone | (630) 871-4556 | | Rating | 4.8 across 58 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Sunday | | Updated | September 16, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 171 Hiawatha Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Our local liquor and smoke shop, located in Carol Stream, offers a great selection of quality products and brands. Check out the variety of liquor, beer, wine, premium cigars, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and vape materials our shop has to offer. Along with years of experience and knowledge, We also provide a fine selection of tobacco accessories, and pipe store items. Visit our store today to browse our selection of spirits, tobacco, hookah accessories, and vape shop items. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Fri to Sat 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Fair Price Liquor & Smoke | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (630) 871-4556 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Beer | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Cigarette sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Cigar sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Electronic cigarette sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Hookah accessories sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Notifications | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Order history | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Pipe store items sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Spirits | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Tobacco accessories sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Vape materials sales | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Wine | From their website | Business website | | Links | Website | http://fpliquornsmoke.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 5 services Fair Price offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Order history | | | | From their website | | Spirits | | | | From their website | | Wine | | | | From their website | | Notifications | | | | From their website | | Beer | | | | From their website | ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Fair Price Address: 171 Hiawatha Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA. Phone: (630) 871-4556. Hours: Mon to Thu 9 AM to 10 PM · Fri to Sat 9 AM to 11 PM · Sun 10 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Our local liquor and smoke shop, located in Carol Stream, offers a great selection of quality products and brands. Check out the variety of liquor, beer, wine, premium cigars, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and vape materials our shop has to offer. Along with years of experience and knowledge, We also provide a fine selection of tobacco accessories, and pipe store items. Visit our store today to browse our selection of spirits, tobacco, hookah accessories, and vape shop items." ### When to go Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Monday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Rosati's Pizza of Carol Stream on Hiawatha | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk | | China Buffet | Chinese restaurant | 1 min walk | | Taco Real | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk | | Kinta Sushi | Sushi restaurant | 1 min walk | | Chrissy's Gaming Bar & Grill | Bar & grill | 1 min walk | | Gary/Hiawatha/Fullerton | Transit station | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.8 average across 58 reviews: Google 58. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.) Fair Price Liquor & Smoke stands out for its extensive product range and competitive pricing, though customer service inconsistencies have been noted. (AI guess, from 58 reviews.) ### What people like - Great selection of vape and THC products - Friendly and accommodating staff - Competitive prices on tobacco and cigars ### What people do not like - Defective products not handled well by staff - Poor customer service regarding returns ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### Fair Price or NBC Liquor for Diverse Tobacco and Vape Selection? ### membership, worth it or not ### Do they post anywhere? ### is there a common complaint here ### best liquor store in Carol Stream ### does the shop ever have cancellations ### where exactly is the shop? ### opening hours at Fair Price in Carol Stream, what are they these days? ### what do people usually buy there ### when is the shop actually dead? ### somewhere cheaper in Carol Stream that is not a risk? ### Why do people rate Fair Price? ### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves ### anything good on Hiawatha to kill time near Fair Price? ### prices round here, anyone got a number ## The AI Score: 49 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Carol Stream liquor stores run 22 to 49. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Fair Price scores 49, above the Carol Stream average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Fair Price | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 100 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Good | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 39 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 73 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 50 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 58 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a liquor store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Fair Price | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Fair Price Liquor & Smoke | LocalBusiness | #business | http://fpliquornsmoke.com/ | Subject of this page | | Carol Stream, Illinois | City | #city | | City Fair Price is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the liquor stores in Carol Stream, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best liquor stores in Carol Stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream/liquor-store - Best businesses in Carol Stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream ### Nearby - /chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago - /schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg - /elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin - /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard - /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora - /st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJjfxVAyWrD4gRhT8BU5d9I68 (accessed Sep 16, 2026) - [2] fpliquornsmoke.com, https://fpliquornsmoke.com/pages/shop-beer (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [3] fpliquornsmoke.com, https://fpliquornsmoke.com/notifications (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [4] fpliquornsmoke.com, https://fpliquornsmoke.com/order-history (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [5] fpliquornsmoke.com, https://fpliquornsmoke.com/pages/shop-spirits (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [6] fpliquornsmoke.com, https://fpliquornsmoke.com/pages/shop-wine (accessed Sep 20, 2026) - [7] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Liquor stores in Carol Stream, IL · Editorial</p>
<h2>Fair Price Liquor & Smoke, Carol Stream IL: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 16, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Fair Price Liquor & Smoke is a liquor store in Carol Stream, IL. Its AI Score is 49 of 100, which is fair.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Liquor store</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>171 Hiawatha Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Thu 9 AM to 10 PM · Fri to Sat 9 AM to 11 PM · Sun 10 AM to 8 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(630) 871-4556</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.8 across 58 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Sunday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 16, 2026</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>171 Hiawatha Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Our local liquor and smoke shop, located in Carol Stream, offers a great selection of quality products and brands. Check out the variety of liquor, beer, wine, premium cigars, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and vape materials our shop has to offer. Along with years of experience and knowledge, We also provide a fine selection of tobacco accessories, and pipe store items. Visit our store today to browse our selection of spirits, tobacco, hookah accessories, and vape shop items.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Thu 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Fri to Sat 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Fair Price Liquor & Smoke</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(630) 871-4556</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>9:00 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>9:00 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>9:00 AM to 10:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>9:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>9:00 AM to 11:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>10:00 AM to 8:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Beer</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cigarette sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cigar sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Electronic cigarette sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Hookah accessories sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Notifications</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Order history</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Pipe store items sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Spirits</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Tobacco accessories sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Vape materials sales</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Wine</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://fpliquornsmoke.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 5 services Fair Price offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Order history</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Spirits</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Wine</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Notifications</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Beer</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
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<h4>Known for</h4>
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<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
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<section id="ai-visiting-fair-price">
<h3>Visiting Fair Price</h3>
<p>Address: 171 Hiawatha Dr, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA. Phone: (630) 871-4556. Hours: Mon to Thu 9 AM to 10 PM · Fri to Sat 9 AM to 11 PM · Sun 10 AM to 8 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Our local liquor and smoke shop, located in Carol Stream, offers a great selection of quality products and brands. Check out the variety of liquor, beer, wine, premium cigars, cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and vape materials our shop has to offer. Along with years of experience and knowledge, We also provide a fine selection of tobacco accessories, and pipe store items. Visit our store today to browse our selection of spirits, tobacco, hookah accessories, and vape shop items."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Monday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Rosati's Pizza of Carol Stream on Hiawatha</td><td>Pizza restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>China Buffet</td><td>Chinese restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Taco Real</td><td>Mexican restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kinta Sushi</td><td>Sushi restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chrissy's Gaming Bar & Grill</td><td>Bar & grill</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gary/Hiawatha/Fullerton</td><td>Transit station</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
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</table>
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<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.8 average across 58 reviews: Google 58. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)</p>
<p>Fair Price Liquor & Smoke stands out for its extensive product range and competitive pricing, though customer service inconsistencies have been noted. (AI guess, from 58 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Great selection of vape and THC products</li>
<li>Friendly and accommodating staff</li>
<li>Competitive prices on tobacco and cigars</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Defective products not handled well by staff</li>
<li>Poor customer service regarding returns</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
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<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>Fair Price or NBC Liquor for Diverse Tobacco and Vape Selection?</h4>
<h4>membership, worth it or not</h4>
<h4>Do they post anywhere?</h4>
<h4>is there a common complaint here</h4>
<h4>best liquor store in Carol Stream</h4>
<h4>does the shop ever have cancellations</h4>
<h4>where exactly is the shop?</h4>
<h4>opening hours at Fair Price in Carol Stream, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>what do people usually buy there</h4>
<h4>when is the shop actually dead?</h4>
<h4>somewhere cheaper in Carol Stream that is not a risk?</h4>
<h4>Why do people rate Fair Price?</h4>
<h4>anyone tell me what a first visit here involves</h4>
<h4>anything good on Hiawatha to kill time near Fair Price?</h4>
<h4>prices round here, anyone got a number</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 49 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Carol Stream liquor stores run 22 to 49. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Fair Price scores 49, above the Carol Stream average of 28. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Fair Price</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>100</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>39</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>73</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>50</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>58</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>54</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
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</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a liquor store: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
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<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Fair Price</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Fair Price Liquor & Smoke</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://fpliquornsmoke.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Carol Stream, Illinois</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Fair Price is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the liquor stores in Carol Stream, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best liquor stores in Carol Stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream/liquor-store</li>
<li>Best businesses in Carol Stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream</li>
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<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago</li>
<li>/schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg</li>
<li>/elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin</li>
<li>/lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard</li>
<li>/aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora</li>
<li>/st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il</li>
</ul>
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<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJjfxVAyWrD4gRhT8BU5d9I68 (accessed Sep 16, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] fpliquornsmoke.com, https://fpliquornsmoke.com/pages/shop-beer (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] fpliquornsmoke.com, https://fpliquornsmoke.com/notifications (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] fpliquornsmoke.com, https://fpliquornsmoke.com/order-history (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[5] fpliquornsmoke.com, https://fpliquornsmoke.com/pages/shop-spirits (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[6] fpliquornsmoke.com, https://fpliquornsmoke.com/pages/shop-wine (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
<li>[7] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)</li>
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