The name Cottage Drive-In Liquor traces to a 1928-vintage Park Blvd building that, per longtime customer accounts, housed San Diego's first drive-in retail format under a 1946 owner — a drive-through window that was removed in 1986 but whose name still identifies this Hillcrest–University Heights corner store. The craft-beer cooler and multi-region wine section give the Park Blvd shelves a broader off-sale inventory than a standard convenience stop, covering the same Hillcrest and University Heights residential corridor that the neighborhood-format Falcon Liquor serves from the Mission Hills side. SNAP/EBT is accepted alongside on-demand delivery, extending the Park Blvd inventory to Hillcrest households who prefer door-drop spirits and beer runs without an in-store trip. The retail wine section carries take-home bottle selections across price tiers, filling a different role than the seated tasting-room format at Négociant Winery in Hillcrest for shoppers sourcing specific labels for home. The full-rack spirits program — spanning whiskey, tequila, vodka, and a craft-beer cooler — makes this Park Blvd location the neighborhood off-sale destination for Hillcrest and University Heights households stocking for events or home bars without leaving the 92103 corridor.