The Liquor Store in Paw Paw

06/12/2024

✨🎄Very Paw Paw Christmas!!🎄✨

We are SO excited!! Please read for ALL details & important information!

⭐️Added this year: our Holiday Market!! Shop wonderful local vendors for Christmas gifts (gifts for yourself, too!!) It will be from 5:00pm to 8:00pm in the easternmost doors of Flanagan Stae Bank! (333 Chicago Rd)

⭐️Dress up (…bundle up!!) in your Christmas pjs or tacky holiday attire to be entered into a raffle to win an excellent basket of local goodies!!! (kids + adults!!) Raffle tickets will be at the Holiday Market in the easternmost doors of Flanagan bank!!

⭐️Dinner is served from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Holly Jolly Acres: Santa’s Farm (community building basement)!! The menu includes Italian beef, meatball sub, and macaroni & cheese! 🍽️

⭐️Santa arrives at 6:00pm!!😍

⭐️Please start your evening by stopping by the Community Building basement or The Beaver Den to pick up a program & Passports for the kiddos so they can collect stamps at each station!

This year we have THIRTEEN enchanted stations for all to enjoy!!

⭐️There are some very exciting NEW stations this year!! We have a Living Nativity in the lawn of the Presbyterian Church!…A Petting Zoo Photo Booth on Chicago Rd!…and a Gingerbread House!!

1. Bethlehem LIVING NATIVITY🌟
2. Christmas Tree🎄
3. StorybookLand 📚
4. Cookie Kitchen 🍪
5. Holly Jolly Acres: Santa’s Farm🌾
6. Twinkle Tractors🚜
7. Hot Cocoa Forrest☕️
8. Ornament Factory 🎨
9. Illumination Station🕯️
10. Santa’s Workshop 🎅🏼
11. Holiday Hayride 🎶
12. Gingerbread House🏡
13. North Pole Petting Zoo Photo Booth📸

Everything is complimentary because of our incredibly generous sponsors!!🙌🏼💖

SEE YOU THEN🌟

17/10/2024

🕸️🎃 Get ready to howl this Halloween! 🐾 Buy one bottle of liquor, get another 50% off – Merle’s way of making October a little less spooky and a lot more spirited! 🍂🥃 Stop by The Liquor Store for hauntingly good savings. 👻🍻

17/10/2024

These two are best! Make sure to think of them next time your buying or selling!

Hello friends! We are so excited to be joining Connie at Gaines Realty! It’s an honor to be a part of this legacy serving Northern Illinois since 1963 💕

Located in the quaint village of Paw Paw, Illinois, we look forward to combining small town charm with big time dreams when it comes to meeting your real estate needs!

If you’re looking to buy or sell give us a call or send us a text any time!

So thankful and humbled already by the support and encouragement we’ve received as we start this new adventure together!

Excited to hear from you soon! 🌻✨

Aubrey Marks Johnson
Amanda Marks Moorehead

(779) 329-0091 (call or text!!)

17/10/2024

Halloween in Paw Paw!

🍁🎃A Paw Paw Halloween🎃🍁
{Thursday October 31st}

Complimentary Dinner & Hot Cocoa in the Community building basement from 4:00pm to 7:00pm!!🍽️✨
…Featuring the delicious famous chili from Beaver Den Tavern & Grill Paw Paw!!😋

Trick-or-Treating in the village is 4:00pm to 7:00pm…turn your porch light on if you want the ghosts & ghouls to stop by! 👻🍫

…or Bring a seat, let’s Trick-or-Treat!! Help us line the downtown of Paw Paw OR the Community Building basement for Trick-or-Treating!!🙌🏼🍭

👉🏼Do you live in the country around Paw Paw & miss having trick-or-treaters?!

👉🏼Maybe you live on a street in the village that’s quiet on Halloween & you want to see all the kiddos in their costumes?!

👉🏼Are you a business that serves Paw Paw but don’t have a brick & mortar on Main Street?!

Bring some chairs & candy or treats (…a table if you’re feeling fancy! Even a tent!!) and join us on Chicago Road or in the Community Building to spread some Halloween fun!! 👻🎉

•••EVERYTHING IS COMPLIMENTARY•••

25/09/2024

🎉 Merle’s Paw Paw Festival Sale: Buy 3 Singles, Get 1 Free! 🍺 Spend $25 on beer, get a $5 Gift Card, or spend $40 on liquor, get a $10 Gift Card! 💸 Plus, grab your exclusive Merle koozie and be the coolest pup at the festival. 🍻🐾 Don’t miss out on Merle’s paw-some festival deals! 🐶

19/09/2024

Come on down to Paw Paw and try some Paw Paws with Merle!

10/09/2024

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to our weekly engagement list! 🎉 Jessica Simandl, Lowell Charles Campbell, Sue Findlay Lilja, Rich Clayton, Susie Yelton Morath

29/08/2024

Truly Hard Seltzer, Deep Eddy Vodka Hard Seltzer & Woodbridge Wine Seltzer have landed! See you soon!

28/08/2024

🛍️ Merla & Merle already got the party started! 🎊 Spend $15 this Labor Day Weekend, and you might just walk away with a $150 gift card. It’s the ultimate Paw Paw celebration! 🎁

The Liquor Store in Paw Paw, for all your liquor, wine and beer needs! Video Gaming! New Ownership!

28/08/2024

One of the best parts of Labor Day! Tractor 🚜 🚜 🚜 pulls! So fun!!

27/08/2024

It’s Labor Day Weekend Eve Eve Eve so yeah, I’m cracking open a cold one! Try a Good Boy hard Seltzer, since Merle is a good boy! 🍉 🍓 🍍 Yummy!

27/08/2024

🐾 Merle and Merla are ready for Labor Day in style, and now you can too! Our latest T-shirts and beer koozies featuring Merla have hit the shelves—perfect for the big weekend. Get yours before Merle decides to "borrow" them all! 😄👕🍻

23/08/2024

1 Week Away. Countdown Started! Come to Paw Paw 🐾 Labor Day & stop by our Beer 🍺 Tent ⛺️. Tell em Merle sent yah!

•••LABOR DAY WEEKEND EVENING EVENTS•••
•Paw Paw IL•Aug 30th, Aug 31st, Sept 1st•

We are counting down the days to the best weekend of the year!! 🎉🎉🎉

Let’s dive into these THREE nights of fun we’ve got planned for you all!! Please bring chairs & cash to all events! Trying out some new things this year…going to be a blast!!🇺🇸💥

•FRIDAY•
𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓵𝓸𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝔂

⏰ 5:00pm to 11:00pm
📍 Community Building Parking Lot
(362 Chicago Road)

🎤 DJ Rusty playing music & doing karaoke
🍺 Beer Garden by The Liquor Store in Paw Paw
🍔 Cookout by Paw Paw Fire Department - Illinois serving up burgers, pork chop sandwiches, hot dogs, nachos, chips, & ice pops! (This is a fundraiser for this amazing group!! Let show them some support for all they do!!)
🦫 Beaver Den Tavern & Grill Paw Paw offering all of your favorites & specials!! Full bar, too!!!
🎨 Henna, face painting, & glitter tattoos by Gretchen with Healing Arts
🍋 lemonade shakeups & more from Main Squeeze
🍦 ice cream treats from Grandma Rosie's Sweet Treats Princeton
🍿 Popcorn from TRIBE 61353
📣 Chicago Road will be open for parking & extra parking is available in the lot at the corner of Chicago Road & Peru Street (thank you )

•SATURDAY•
𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮

⏰ 5:00pm to 11:00pm
📍 300 block of Chicago Road

🎪Bounce houses for the kiddos from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
🎨 Henna, face painting, & glitter tattoos by Gretchen with Healing Arts
👢 Line-dance lessons with Erin Odle at 5:30pm
🎸 Music from Free Beer and Chicken at 7:30pm
🍺 Beer Garden by The Liquor Store
🍔 Cookout by the Paw Paw Fire Department serving up burgers, pork chop sandwiches, hot dogs, nachos, chips, & ice pops! (This is a fundraiser for this amazing group!! Let show them some support for all they do!!)
🦫 The Beaver Den will be offering all of your favorites & specials!! Full bar, too!!!
🍿 Popcorn from TRIBE61353
📣 Chicago Road will be closed at 4:30pm. The Community Building lot will be available for parking & extra parking is available in the lot at the corner of Chicago Road & Peru Street (thank you Numark Credit Union!!)

•SUNDAY•
𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓻𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓴

⏰5:00pm to 9:00pm (right after the truck pulls are finished for the day!!)
📍 Village Park on Chapman Street

🎸Music from BackSeat Driver
🍺 Beer Garden by The Liquor Store
🎨 Henna, face painting, & glitter tattoos by Gretchen with Healing Arts
🍋 lemonade shakeups & more from Main Squeeze
🍦 ice cream treats & more from Grandma Rosie’s
🌮 food from Los 3 Molcajetes
…and more!!

HUUUGGEEE thank you to all of our incredible sponsors who make these events possible!!💖💖💖

Going to be an AWESOME weekend!!🇺🇸🇺🇸

14/08/2024

Getting closer. We are ready Paw Paw. Are you? See you Labor Day weekend!

There are less than 3 weeks until Labor Day...hope to see you all in Paw Paw on Sunday and Monday!

13/08/2024

Lucky to have Beaver Den Tavern & Grill Paw Paw next door! Get over there and get some food. Tell em Merle sent yah!

10/08/2024

🐾🎨 Merla’s got a brand-new logo, and she’s earning royalties one treat at a time! 😋 With a design straight from Paw Paw’s heart, it’s as local as it gets. Come see the face that’s putting Paw Paw on the map, with her superstar snout! Don't worry Merle still has own logo too!🌾🐾 &Merla "