In the State of Washington, all liquor sales are controlled by the State, including state owned liquor stores. I had driven by these little hole-in-the-wall drive-up liquor stores in Arizona, and was curious about them. So one day, instead of walking by the store, I went in to browse around.
Obviously, the store was really meant for drive through customers. The inside of the store was small, cluttered, and stacked with boxes of bottles, in haphazard displays and in no discernible order. They did have the high traffic brands, and with some exploring, you could find some of the smaller distillers and distributors. And they did have a small selection of wines, but nothing like AJ's.
It would have been interesting to really explore, but the aisles were so narrow, that barely one person fit - so if there were more than 3 or 4 people in the store, you were afraid of knocking over a display. Since it was really crowded, I didn't spend a whole lot of time there. The prices looked comparable to Fry's, but not nearly the selection.
I think I'll stick to Fry's or AJ's, until I can get to BevMo or Total Wine.