image description — Liquor World owner Chirag Patel stands in front of the newly opened deli. The store is located in the former Kmart plaza in North Adams.

Liquor World in North Adams Opens Deli

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
12:37PM / Monday, August 04, 2025Print Story | Email Story

Liquor World opened in the former V&V last year.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Liquor World and Market has opened up its deli section along with adding Krispy Krunchy Chicken to the store.

Chirag Patel has been the owner for a little over a year and was excited to bring in the deli and Krispy Krunchy chicken. When it first opened, he planned to focus on the alcohol portion before starting up the deli. He said he got many comments from customers asking when it would open.

"When we bought it, we wanted to go step by step. So we just, first year, focus just on our liquor side and the liquor section," he said. "Then we start working with the deli as the time goes. People asking about the deli, 'when you guys open, you guys doing something with the deli, and like that.'"

The deli had been in the plans since the prior entity, Steeple City Liquors Inc., better known as V&V, opened back in 2013. The deli counters and equipment was installed on righthand side of the store but never took off.

V&V closed abruptly in February 2024 as the plaza changed hands a couple times. First Hartford Realty, the former owner of the former Kmart plaza, had owned the liquor store since its opening in 2014. Mahakaleshwar LLC, doing business as Liquor World and Market, was approved for the license transfer last year.

Patel noted that the store has added a new walk-in beer freezer in a space formerly used for storage. He said store will continue to grow, one day hoping to add a Pizza Hut Pizza Express.

"Definitely we're going to grow more on our liquor side section. We're going to have more allocated bottles coming. We're going to have the more expensive wines and in the food section, we are thinking down the road for the Pizza Express," he said.

Patel says he hopes that customers like the deli. "We're hoping that everything goes well with them [customers], and we would love to help the community, too."

Krispy Krunchy Chicken is a national fried chicken chain that sells mainly in convenience stores and gas stations. The deli sells meats by the pound, lunch and breakfast sandwiches, burgers and quesadillas, some hot subs, sides, daily soups and fries.

The store is open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (deli until 7:30) daily except on Sunday from 10 to 7 (deli until 6). More information here.

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North Adams Student Struck by Bicyclist at Bus Stop

Staff Reports04:19PM / Friday, September 25, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A North Adams Public Schools student was sent to the hospital with minor injuries after being hit by a bicyclist at a bus stop.

According to police, the incident happened around 8:14 Friday morning near the intersection of Hudson Street and Eagle Street.

An adult was riding a bicycle southbound on Eagle Street down a steep decline. The bicycle's brakes were not working, and the rider was unable to stop.

A group of children was waiting for the school bus at the intersection when the bicyclist struck one of the students.

First responders were on scene, and other adults present at the bus stop also intervened.

The child sustained minor injuries and was transported to the hospital, where he was treated and released later that morning.

The bicyclist was charged with operating a bicycle to endanger. Police confirmed the bicycle was not an e-bike.

The school district sent families an email stating that students riding the Brayton B2 bus and the Colgrove C2 bus witnessed the accident. Staff checked in with each student witness, and school adjustment counselors provided support for students throughout the day.

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