# 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 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 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 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 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 ### 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)