# NBC Liquor & Tobacco, Carol Stream IL: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/nbc-liquor-and-tobacco-carol-stream-il. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-16. 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Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Liquor store | | Address | 180-182 N Gary Ave, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA | | Hours | Mon to Thu 8 AM to 10 PM · Fri to Sat 8 AM to 11 PM · Sun 9 AM to 9 PM | | Phone | (630) 665-7713 | | Rating | 4.4 across 51 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Wednesday | | 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 | 180-182 N Gary Ave, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Great collection of craft beers, liquor, wine, e-cigarettes and much more with low prices everyday. We've been serving the Carol Stream community for the last +7 years with great customer service! Stop in, stock up, and save!!! | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM · Fri to Sat 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Sun 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | NBC Liquor & Tobacco | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (630) 665-7713 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### 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 NBC Liquor Address: 180-182 N Gary Ave, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA. Phone: (630) 665-7713. Hours: Mon to Thu 8 AM to 10 PM · Fri to Sat 8 AM to 11 PM · Sun 9 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Great collection of craft beers, liquor, wine, e-cigarettes and much more with low prices everyday. We've been serving the Carol Stream community for the last +7 years with great customer service! Stop in, stock up, and save!!!" ### When to go Quietest day: Wednesday. Busiest day: Friday. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | Manny's cafe | Breakfast restaurant | 1 min walk | | Gary Ave & Park Hill Dr | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Legends Pizza | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk | | Gary Ave & Park Hill Dr | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Gary/Park Hill | Transit station | 1 min walk | | Gary Ave & North Ave | Bus stop | 3 min walk | ## Reputation 4.4 average across 51 reviews: Google 51. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.) NBC Liquor & Tobacco is known for its competitive pricing and attentive service, though some customers have raised concerns about pricing and product quality. (AI guess, from 51 reviews.) ### What people like - Best prices in town - Excellent selection of liquor - Great customer service ### What people do not like - High prices on some items - Rude service reported - Concerns about product quality, especially vapes ### 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 ### same day slots, does that ever happen here ### Busiest day at NBC Liquor, anyone know? ### is Fair Price any better ### cheaper than NBC Liquor in Carol Stream without it being sketchy? ### best liquor store in Carol Stream ### points or member pricing here, worth signing up? ### anything good on Gary to kill time near NBC Liquor? ### ballpark before I book, what am I looking at ### last update from here was when? ### do I need to fill anything in beforehand ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### what do people usually buy there ### opening hours at NBC Liquor in Carol Stream, what are they these days? ### where exactly is the shop? ## The AI Score: 34 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. NBC Liquor scores 34, above the Carol Stream average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | NBC Liquor | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | Does not apply | 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. | | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | 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 | 78 | 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 | Does not apply | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 78 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | Does not apply | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | Does not apply | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | | 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 NBC Liquor | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | NBC Liquor & Tobacco | LocalBusiness | #business | | Subject of this page | | Carol Stream, Illinois | City | #city | | City NBC Liquor 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:ChIJ5aEdoC2rD4gRosnLILapPqk (accessed Sep 16, 2026)