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250 Ogle St. Costa Mesa, CA 92627

949-650-8463

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OC Weekly
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Best Liquor Store
Award Winner 2010

Cuisine(s): Wine Bar

Hours: Sun 10am-7pm, Mon-Wed 9am-8pm, Thu-Sat 9am-9pm

Price: $$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash, ATM/Debit

Features: Wheelchair Accessible

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary

Parking: Lot Available

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Not sure if there's a restaurant in OC that serves it, but the best wine since the days of Dionysus is Commandaria St. John, an elixir from Cyprus that's reputed to be the oldest vintage in the world. Hi-Time Wine Cellar also stocks nearly every other hooch on the planet.

2010 | Best Liquor Store

It's really, really hard to not give this award to Hi-Time, so this year, we decided, why fight it There's just no competing with this family-owned behemoth of a liquor store in Costa Mesa. Its 24,000 square feet of exotic liquors, rare alcohol, walk-in humidifiers and beer refrigerators, plus a 3,000-square-foot underground maze of a wine cellar makes this the best liquor store in Orange County--make that the best on the West Coast. Gourmet foods and wine tastings ($10... More »
2008 | Best Liquor Store

Confession: We don't really know much about liquor. We just know we like it. So if you've got a good dinner going on, or a certain drink you'd like to attempt to make, plan on making a trip to Hi-Time. No snooty clerks here--only a friendly, knowledgeable staff await. The sheer size of the place is impressive, with a huge walk-in refrigerator filled with all sorts of delicious beers with funny names you've never heard of, plus aisles and aisles of liquor and wine you... More »
2007 | Best Liquor Store

Even the mighty Beverages and More chain has nothing on this virtual mini-mall of vice under one roof. The claim to fame, as the name suggests, is an underground wine cellar some 3,000-square-feet in size that resembles a massive shoe store, with wine bottles on display instead of sneakers. There's a tasting bar, open in the afternoon, that occasionally goes less highbrow for such events as beer-and-chili-dog tastings. But then there's an entire upstairs, with a walk-in beer fridge,... More »

La Puerta Negra Tequila, Our Drink of the Week

By Dave Lieberman | Fri, May 4, 2012

Cinco de Mayo kicks off summer party season; when you have fifty people coming over for margaritas, chips and guacamole, you're not going to use some expensive, $30 a bottle tequila. It'll bust the p... More »
Pink Pigeon Rum, Our Drink of the Week!

By Gustavo Arellano | Fri, February 10, 2012

The suits gave us Hi-Time gift cards for Christmas, and ain't Village Voice Media a swell company to work for? No sarcasm: I was ecstatic to buy something outside my bourbon/tequila/mezcal triumvirate... More »
Allagash Curieux, Our Drink of the Week!

By Taylor Hamby | Fri, December 30, 2011

The Allagash Brewery of Portland, Maine has combined two drinks that aught be kept separate in a night's worth of drinking, according to conventional alcoholic wisdom; tripel ale and bourbon. Good thi... More »
No. 37: Foie Gras Nigiri at AnQi

By Anne Marie Panoringan | Wed, August 24, 2011

Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to numero uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . Internal organs can be a touchy subject for some diners; ... More »
Drink of the Week: Platte Valley Corn Whiskey

By Gustavo Arellano | Fri, August 19, 2011

The chica and I just came back from a two-week road trip that took us to the World's Longest Yard Sale, a hundreds-of-miles extravaganza of antiques, food, and rolling hills that I'll detail at length... More »
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ocweeklybestof | Costa Mesa, CA | 160 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

Confession: We don't really know much about liquor. We just know we like it. So if you've got a good dinner going on, or a certain drink you'd like to attempt to make, plan on making a trip to Hi-Time. No snooty clerks here�only a friendly, knowledgeable staff await. The sheer size of the place is impressive, with a huge walk-in refrigerator filled with all sorts of delicious beers with funny names you've never heard of, plus aisles and aisles of liquor and wine you have and haven't heard of in your life. A decent cheese, cracker and spread selection is also available, and Hi-Time even hosts private tastings. It's the kind of place you walk into for a bottle of Maker's and walk out with more booze than you'll ever know what to do with. Oh, wait, yes, you will: You'll drink it!
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AlexCohen311 | Huntington Beach, CA | 2 Reviews

| Wed, January 26, 2011

Best wine cellar ever.
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jcant10 | Huntington Beach, CA | 132 Reviews

| Mon, May 24, 2010

One of my favorite stores. I like spending time in the cigar area.
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Hi-Time Wine Cellars

250 Ogle St. Costa Mesa, CA 92627

949-650-8463

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2010 | Best Liquor Store

2008 | Best Liquor Store

2007 | Best Liquor Store

La Puerta Negra Tequila, Our Drink of the Week

By Dave Lieberman | Fri, May 4, 2012

Pink Pigeon Rum, Our Drink of the Week!

By Gustavo Arellano | Fri, February 10, 2012

Allagash Curieux, Our Drink of the Week!

By Taylor Hamby | Fri, December 30, 2011

No. 37: Foie Gras Nigiri at AnQi

By Anne Marie Panoringan | Wed, August 24, 2011

Drink of the Week: Platte Valley Corn Whiskey

By Gustavo Arellano | Fri, August 19, 2011

ocweeklybestof | Costa Mesa, CA | 160 Reviews

AlexCohen311 | Huntington Beach, CA | 2 Reviews

jcant10 | Huntington Beach, CA | 132 Reviews

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