Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods

Spec's Wine, Spirits & Finer Foods, is a Texas family-owned liquor store chain,[1] with headquarters in Midtown, Houston.

Vicki Vaughn of the San Antonio Express-News said that Spec's is "known for its sprawling stores".

Ten years after the owner decided to expand, Spec's had 16 Greater Houston locations.

[11] For eight consecutive years, the Houston Press gave Spec's the "Best Liquor Store" award.

[12] Spec's holds an annual event, the Vintage Virtuoso dinner and wine tasting, which benefits the Houston Symphony.

[18] The chain also has locations in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area, College Station,[2] Killeen,[9] Greater San Antonio, Victoria, El Paso, and Lubbock.

Items at the delicatessen include caviar, over 1,000 varieties of American and foreign cheeses, crackers, on-site roasted whole bean coffees, condiments, smoked fish, jams, jellies, oils, pastas, pasta sauces, and vinegars.

The original Houston store has 21,000 specialty food stock-keeping units (SKU).

[7] Nicole Potenza-Denis of the Specialty Food Magazine said that the Downtown location, which the Rydman family calls the "mothership" store, is "reportedly the largest single wine and liquor store in the world.

"[7] The store had been expanded to its current size in the 2000s, as part of the Rydmans' celebration of the chain's 40th anniversary.