Our story
Three
generations
Two stores, one family, and a counter staffed by people who have been in this trade their whole lives.
How we got here
2021
& 2023
Angela and Robin bought Tualatin Liquor in September 2021, from Angela's father, Vance.
In September 2023 they added the Lake Oswego store, and the two together became Lecker Liquor. Same family, same counter, one name.
Vance spent more than 50 years in retail, 25 of them as an Oregon liquor agent. Before Tualatin he owned Tenth Avenue Liquor in downtown Portland, formerly Salmon Street Liquor, which has served downtown continuously since the repeal of prohibition in 1933. This is not a family that got into liquor retail recently.
Behind the counter
Actual
credentials
Angela earned a perfect score on the Society of Wine Educators Certified Specialist of Spirits exam.
She also holds WSET Level 1 and Level 2 Awards in wines and spirits, both passed with distinction. She buys the wine list and the spirits list herself.
The practical version: you can walk in knowing nothing and leave with the right bottle, and you will be told when the cheaper one is the better one.
Our passion lies in single malt Scotch. Angela & Robin, owners
What that adds up to
On the shelf
- 115+ single malt Scotch labels, the house obsession
- A couple thousand distilled spirits SKUs across both stores
- 400+ beers in a 40-foot walk-in cooler
- 160+ wines, ports and sherries, including the fortified wines most shops skip
- 200+ cigars in proper humidors
- Lottery, mixers, barware, giftware, snacks and ice
- Special orders and rare import hunting as a matter of routine