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# S & K Liquor, Carol Stream IL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/carol-stream/s-and-k-liquor-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/s-and-k-liquor-carol-stream-il

## Photos

- ![Photo 1](https://localairegistry.com/api/photo?src=https%3A%2F%2Fseoaesthetic-assets.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com%2Fphotos%2Fcmu48dhu50g4fye75vbiil0sg%2F0.jpg)


## In short

S & K Liquor is a liquor store in Carol Stream, IL. Its AI Score is 30 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 | 628 E St Charles Rd, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 10 PM |
| Phone | (630) 668-8220 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 23 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Thursday |
| 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 | 628 E St Charles Rd, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | 628 E St Charles Rd, Carol Stream, IL 60188 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | S & K Liquor | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (630) 668-8220 | 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 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Links | Website | https://skliquor.gotoliquorstore.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting S & K

Address: 628 E St Charles Rd, Carol Stream, IL 60188, USA. Phone: (630) 668-8220. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 10 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### When to go

Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Tuesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tien Banh Mi & Boba | Vietnamese restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Chinor | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| The Village Tavern & Grill of Carol Stream | Restaurant | 2 min walk |
| KFC | Chicken restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Pizza Hut | Pizza delivery | 3 min walk |
| St. Charles Rd & Schmale Rd | Bus stop | 3 min walk |


## Reputation

4.2 average across 23 reviews: Google 23. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

S & K Liquor stands out for its low prices and a strong sense of community, despite some concerns about product freshness. (AI guess, from 23 reviews.)


### What people like

- Reasonable prices
- Good variety of products
- Welcoming staff


### What people do not like

- Overcharging incidents
- Expired products reported


### Press

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### Awards

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## Questions people ask


### Why do people rate the shop?


### walking in for a first visit, what happens


### best liquor store in Carol Stream


### how much is a first visit around here


### quietest day to hit S & K?


### picking between the two, is Fair Price the safer bet?


### On a budget in Carol Stream, is the shop the one?


### S & K, any chance to get in this week?


### where exactly is the shop?


### opening hours at S & K in Carol Stream, what are they these days?


### what do people usually buy there


### bad experiences at S & K, anyone?


### anything new from S & K lately?


### is there a rewards thing at S & K


## The AI Score: 30 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. S & K scores 30, below the Carol Stream average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | S & K |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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. | Poor |
| 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 | 100 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 38 | 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. | Poor |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 23 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Poor |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 79 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

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 S & K |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| S & K Liquor | LocalBusiness | #business | https://skliquor.gotoliquorstore.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Carol Stream, Illinois | City | #city |  | City S & K 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:ChIJ5y5qcslUDogRp9D9UB_sV-w (accessed Sep 16, 2026)