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Categories: Used, Vintage & Consignment, Thrift Stores
Neighborhoods: Edgewater, AndersonvilleMon-Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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I love this place for it's selection of records, books, dishes, purses, odds and ends. The clothing selection is not so great, but I only go here for the stuff I stated above.
As far as staff and service? That's what makes it 5 stars. Super friendly and fun atmosphere! I can spend hours in this store looking at all the fun stuff :)
I must add though, I got a Nintendo trophy figure from 1985 for $5. It's really worth $80! Now that is exciting.
Colleen's review inspired me to contact Brown Elephant when I cleaned out my closet a couple weeks ago. I could just leave the stuff in the alley and a "dumpster diver" will pick what they want. I could also dump it in those green dumpsters that you see scattered around the city. Instead I went to http://www.howardbrown... to schedule a pick up. They do pick ups on Saturdays and Sundays!
They called with a hour window for pick up. The actually ended up coming 2 hours earlier, thankfully I was home! They came and picked up all my unwanted clothing and shoes free of charge! The guys taking my donation were friendly and I will definitely use them again! Just make sure you slip them a couple of bucks for them taking your unwanted stuff off your hands :)
This is my Brown Elephant for both choice and convenience. I've had mixed luck with clothes and furnitures, but here's what makes Brown Elephant Andersonville special:
1. Friendly, knowledgeable staff. Fewer disaffected hipsters than other locations.
2. Books are actually organized by topic, a novel idea!
3. Purses - Going to church with grandma growing up, I love a good pocketbook, and this place consistently delivers on the kitsch.
Great selection of furniture, poor selection of clothes. On my first visit I picked up two demitasse cups with saucers ($1 apiece), three wooden Ikea picture frames ($3), and a small wooden folding table on which to eat or place a laptop or drinks ($5). Schwing!
Dear "People who leave nice stuff in alleys" (aka: WASTERS!)
Did you know Brown Elephant will actually come pick up your donations, free of charge?
Form/info is here: http://www.howardbrown...
You're Welcome,
Colleen
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Now generally I convince myself that I MUST get my donations to Brown Elephant as an excuse to wander around aimlessly purchasing things I probably don't need, and rescuing under appreciated items that again, I really don't need.
But, I ended up having a HUGE trunk full of stuff to go, and getting it into the hallway took me about 28 minutes, so getting it downstairs and into my car was probably out of the question.
So, I called BE. Scheduled an appt, and they arrived on time, whisked away my items...and done, and done.
Don't forget to tip the guys, too! They work hard :)
You now have NO excuse for discarding stuff into a dumpster just because you don't have a car or are too lazy to drop it off yourself. I'm serious! (biggest pet peeve, ever)
Yes, I am giving this place 5 stars for attitude, ambience and cause.
I dropped by over the weekend…
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I liked the spacious warehouse setup, and the place was bustling on a Saturday afternoon...but I don't know why. The selection and prices did not appeal to me. Most of the clothing was worn, ragged and generally bland, with price tags too high (upwards of $8ish...). No thanks!
They do have free condoms though. LOTS of free condoms.
This is the BEST thrift store in Chicago,.
Not only do they always have the greatest finds but all of the money goes to charity which leaves you on a Karmic high when walking out.
Every time I enter this store to fine millions of treasures waiting for me. In this store i have nabbed a brand new leather jacket, 12 http://gay.com pint glasses, tons of books, and the couch i am writing this review from.
The quirky staff makes your shopping experience even better with their fun take on what your buying and always are willing to lend a helping hand!
Do you remember that Ikea** commercial where you see this lady just leaving the store with a bunch of bags, at first she is walking slowly looking over the receipt then when she realizes it was so cheap she yells at her husband "start the car, start the car" and then they drive off with her screaming because the prices were so low that she thought she was stealing... Well I was that girl at Brown Elephant... Wait, that didn't come out right, I mean I was trying to run after they told how much it all was. I almost asked the guy if he was messing with me but didn't want to jinx myself by saying something.
I now understand people's obsession with this place, it has everything from records to tea cups, end tables to sport coats.
4 records, 2 candle holders, 3 books, 1 really cool C-mas decor = $14.88
2 large beautiful end tables = $28.89
I love it here, its thrift store heaven
** Ikea = Hell on Earth
Brown Elephant no longer accepts the following items:
Built-in furniture (cabinets/cupboards)
Dishwashers, Stoves, Refrigerators
File cabinets
Hospital beds
Mattresses or box springs
Pianos with cracked soundboards or broken keys
Platform, bunk or water beds
Upholstered pieces with tears, stains or foul odors
I've got clothes in different area codes...
...but this place has my favorite racks. While this is a wee bit smaller than its Boystown counterpart, the A-ville Brown Elephant has offered up better buys, at least for me. Today, for example, I found a lovely buttoned-down Oxford shirt; my big-ass score, though, was a fabulous tuxedo shirt with tabbed collar for five bucks--dry-cleaning tag still attached. Excellent.
There's also books, furniture, DVDs, rollerblades, and knicknacks--plenty of stuff for people with an eye for retro treasures and/or a tight budget. Take the #22 bus or bike, because parking sucks bigtime; if you fall in love with a bookshelf, table, or other large-scale item too big to strap to your back or lug via public transportation, they'll hold your stuff for a day until you get your car or con a pickup-driving pal into helping you.
When you shop here, don't just keep your head down going through the racks--look up. The walls are exposed brick and plaster remnants that give the space a declining-ballroom feel that's undeniably cool.
Honestly, I've never set foot in the place. I've donated clothes, sure, but somehow managed to never go inside.
So what I'm writing about, dear Yelper friends, is their donation pick up service.
I recently redid my bedroom, and the old furniture needed to go. Part of me wanted to just toss it in the alley, but I hate being one of "those" people. But tripping over it every day wasn't cool either - I simply don't have room in my apartment for two bedroom sets. After some unsuccessful attempts with other organizations, I went to Howard Brown's website.
Arranging for a pickup was so easy I almost couldn't believe it. Fill out their online form, they email you back and give you some days, and then they call you the day of to confirm the time.
Today they called me and said my window was from 2:30-3:30. Great. The guy on the phone was so polite and friendly I just wanted to hug him.
Then my phone rang around 12:30, and a different friendly gentleman asked if it would be an inconvenience to me if they could come by in a little bit. Um, not at all!
Now, here's the best part - redoing one's bedroom leads to encounters with a variety of delivery men. The men I had been dealing with at other places all reeked of cigarette smoke, which in turn left my apartment reeking of cigarette smoke, which in turn left me grossed out. So in preparation for some more delivery men, I moved everything right in front of my door to minimize the contamination of my apartment.
But no! These delivery men did not reek of cigarette smoke! And they were some of the nicest, friendliest delivery men I'd ever encountered! And polite too! Who knew?!
They also gave me an envelope containing my donation forms (for tax purposes) pre-filled with the information I entered on the website. So they even do all the scut work for you too! Sweet!
So, if you need to unload some furniture do a good deed and give Brown Elephant a call. The process is painless, everyone is polite and friendly, and their delivery men are all kinds of smoke-free awesome.
Love.
This place is fantastic. Prepare for a sprawling, warehouse-style agglomeration of books, music, clothing, furniture, and household items. The layout is pleasantly disorganized without being totally chaotic. The staff are very friendly and most items are priced to steal-level bargains -- you even get a 10% discount with student identification! Repeat visits may be necessary in order to find exactly what you were looking for, which is not so awful considering how great this place is.
I found Brown Elephant through Yelp users while hunting for a bed frame last year. No bed frame but i ended up walking away with a book shelf that looked like it just left ikea. $20.
That being said, brown elephant is pricey.
I really encourage Yelp users to do some comparison shopping before buying anything big here. I saw a piano in their front room, thinking I could just buy this as a spare. It was run down, the keys don't work very well, out of tune, soundboard may be cracked...Something that I've seen people give away on CL for free...It wasn't a Steinway...it was a no-name american brand...Price of this atrocity? $995.
A WORKING upright will run you $200-$500 (I didn't say nice). A NEW upright is around $1000. A older working grand can go as low as 2000. This? The repair will run you at least 2k. I honestly think that this piano, at a so-called "thriftstore", should be worth less than $200. keep in mind, you also have to pay a mover $100 to move.
I just hate to think that some poor hipster schmuck is going to pay a grand for this only to find that all it does is look old and they can get it for free off of CL.
Obviously a lot of you people haven't been to the Salvation Army because i feel like Brown Elephant charges TJ Maxx prices for old things. On half priced Mondays at a thrift store on the south side, EVERYTHING is 0.50 to $1. I saw a thin jacket/shirt I wanted to get at Brown Elephant...not even anything fancy...Forever 21...$7. At Brown Elephant, only things with a certain tag are half off on certain days and that shirt wasn't it. Only very few things were.
I could get that same shirt new at Forever 21.
Books on the south side are 10/$1. Brown Elephant charges $1.50.
However, when I'm looking for something NICE and SPECIFIC, brown elephant is the place to go. I bought a business tote here for $5 as well as a portfolio to go on job interviews. $7. Could I have gotten something similar at TJ Maxx? Sure.
But it wouldn't be St. John with plastic over the label OR embossed leather.
So brown elephant i salute you...
It's early Saturday afternoon. Dazed in a food coma, I find myself wandering yet again to the Brown Elephant. I feel a bit like the alcoholic who stumbles into his last-call bar. "I'm here again, boys!" I call as I slump past. "Don't mind me."
Truth is, this is my A-ville haven for when the thrift bug bites. I can't help but hope to find some fantastic pill box hat or amazing wall art. More often than not, I leave empty-handed, but I must admit that I am a picky thrift shopper. There's always something I fall in love with and it's almost always reasonably-priced.
If you're not convinced, here are some of my past scores from Brown Elephant, just to clue you into what you might find:
-A tomato red, Cleopatra-like evening gown, perfect for those unexpected dress-up occasions
-A set of pins your grandmother would covet
-Framed and matted "chocolat a boire" posters, perfect for my kitchen
-You Don't Know Jack computer game a la 1999
-High quality empty frames for finally hanging photographs that didn't have a home
-An iPod charging dock (take that, Apple!!)
Finally, it must be mentioned that the Brown Elephant makes its home in the old space of the Calo Theater, a beautiful beaux art movie house built in 1915. The space was a movie house until the late fifties, and was even site of a deadly shoot-out with a jail-breaking police-killer named Gus Amedeo. In the early 1960s, it became a bowling alley, and later in the 90s it was a small theater house. Today, we're lucky to have the Brown Elephant in its space. In case you're interested, here's an old shot of what the theatre used to look like in 1916: http://chsmedia.org/me...
This store is ok. It's big and has lots of junk.
In the past year it has really thinned out. Most of the good stuff is picked over by the employees and the shelves are filled with broken junk. You can occasionally find a good book or a piece of furniture, but you would have to go in here everyday.
Much better than most thrift stores, but it has lost it's luster. The charity it supports, Howard Brown Health Center, is great and I dig what they're doing.
I hate to give this place a less than stellar review, because I think the charity they support is fantastic. However, I tend to find my dealings with Brown Elephant pretty high stress. I tried to drop off some donations today (admittedly, a Sunday) and found the one drop-off spot in front of BE full for at least 20 minutes (different cars - I must have kept missing the spot being open as I circled the block growing increasingly frustrated). This being Clark street, there's no other easy place to park. I wound up taking my one larger item back home and will probably just put it on Freecycle - donating shouldn't be this difficult.
I rarely have much luck finding stuff here, either, and the prices varies dramatically based on, I'm assuming, who priced the item. In general, I'd say Brown Elephant is pretty expensive for a resale shop - I've found far better deals on furniture in way better condition on Craigslist and their clothing selection is pretty slim, expensive, and not in great condition. They do have special promotions though where, say, everything in one department will be 50% off. Then you can find great deals. Though shopping is sort of high stress too; on weekends Brown Elephant is fairly packed and aisles are narrow.
The staff is always great, I think Howard Brown is a wonderful charity, and I have found some neat items here so I'll keep coming back, but this isn't my first stop when I'm looking for cheap...well, anything, really.
Here's the unfortunate truth about the Brown Elephant: the more the AIDS epidemic comes under control, the less interesting their selection gets. Back in the 80s and 90s, the original Brown Elephant was a treasure trove. Sure, you were rifling through the castoffs of the dead, but what finds! Today, Brown Elephant is no better than any other thrift store.
This particular Brown Elephant is big. That's the best I can say for it. Sometimes the picking are good, sometimes less so. They do have some interesting choices, like air conditioners, and a huge vintage stove. If you're in the market for such a thing. And there's a decent selection of books and vinyl records, but they're in no discernible order, so you'd better be patient. For a gay thrift store, you'd think their selection of men's clothing would be more interesting. And that they wouldn't have that funky aroma of the lost lives of strangers.
If you love to thrift, or if you need some dollar kitchen supplies, you may find some good bargains. I always feel like I'm waking up next to last night's trick -- but you were so cute outside!
Yeah. It's like any other thrift store, as John B. pointed out on October 27 (great writer by the way). They had jeans for 6 bucks that were in decent shape. I'm averse to wearing used pants, so I passed. They also had a conservative Neiman Marcus topcoat for 45 bucks that looked fairly new. My parents just bought me a scary, green Army-looking topcoat so I passed on that, too.
Funny: They had like a thousand Backstreet Boys and N'Sync CDs in their music section. Remember how those boy bands used to front in the 90s, how they'd posture like Ice Cube and say things like, "We may have a lot of girls listening to our music, but we're all really STREET. We all grew up in the slums of Orlando, bla-bla-bla." Remember that? Man, seeing all those boy band records in a gay-friendly thrift store kinda cracked me up. Lance Bass and his ilk tried so hard to be macho, with their feigned East Coast accents and baggy pants, and the gays saw through it all along. Makes me giggle.
Four stars for the cause.
The total came to $18.19 with tax. What, you ask, did I procure for such a small amount. Let me tell you...
2 red wine glasses.....$2.00
1 white wine glass......$1.00
a vase.........$2.00
a coffee mug.......$.50
two cd's.......$6.00
....and......
A pair of brand spanking new Dansko shoes (in my size!) for $5.00! Life is good.
Obviously it's a resale shop so it will always be hit or miss. I guess I hit a good day.
p.s. To the chic who buys size 40 Danskos and gives them away brand new....there are these kick ass Frye boots (http://www.thefryecomp...) that I have my eye on at Alamo Shoes.......dying to own....you should totally buy them and decide that they aren't what you thought they were and donate them to the Brown Elephant. Just sayin'.
Rainbows, Costumes & Junk--OH MY! (Don't believe me, check out my uploaded image). I purchased a beautiful leather Kenneth Cole laptop bag for $5!!! If you pick up an Andersenville visitors entertainment guide from one of the many shops/restaurants, there's a coupon for 25% off one item. All the funds go to HIV/AIDS research and the Howard Brown Center so even without the coupon, you're getting a deal and the community as well! Great for any furniture or house items (oh, and duh, Halloween Costumes---or perhaps ideas from eyeing the clientele! Credit cards can only be used for purchases $5+.
Everything's cheap...The worst part is the Chicago tax!!
This is the jewel in the Brown Elephant crown, a donated, stickered, and slightly dusty jewel.
I've now been to three Brown Elephants, and this is by far the most cavernous, loud, and eccentric of the three. Arriving on a Monday morning at 11 am, the place was swimming in bargain hunters, used book mavens, ne'er do wells, and roustabouts, all picking over the fresh leavings.
I was there on a mission: find an old Chemex coffee brewer and acquire one or two useful kitchen objects for Evan's pathetic kitchen. Unfortunately, most people do not recycle their All-Clad, so options were limited to non-stick crap and old aluminum, neither of which I will use for cooking. Instead I picked up a $2 piece of Corningware, which works wonderfully in the oven (man, it is so non-stick, you don't even need to soak it) and a hideous mug "Best Duet, 2nd Place" from Bradley University, a school I hadn't heard of until I moved to Chicago.
If I lived near this location, I'd be here weekly. No, daily. But since it is in a part of town I seldom venture, (I'm a west of Western kinda gal), I'll have to content myself with the HB near the crotch, and brave the hipster hordes.
Nice.
Clothing is arranged by size not color. Clothing tends to be more name brand and upscale.
Furniture is available and nice.
Tchochkis are clean, non-broken and plentiful.
Overall more upscale and interesting items than your average store... and it all goes to a good cause while helping mine!
If you are looking for lesbian erotica for cheap the Andersonville Brown Elephant is your place to go. Seriously every other book is lesbian erotica!
Brown Elephant can be a little pricey, but also seems more chosey about what they put out. You won't be wading through piles of stained, soiled, or ripped clothing or broken housewares. I deducted a star because the furniture is sooooooooo expensive. First hand expensive.
I like how there is a changing room as well.
While I'm historically adverse to checking my bag, I am able to over look this and endorse the Brown Elephant. It's a great funky resale shop that when I was there had some awesome bargains on furniture -- and I ALMOST bought a table, but then realized there was probably a table at a thrift store in my hometown.
If you want to TRY out records before you buy, BRING your own needles.
Also, I HATE the smell of most thrift stores, but Brown Elephant did not smell... horray 4 stars!
After reading all the reviews on here I was really excited to go and then was kind of surprised at how small the selection of clothes was.
I went looking for something really specific which I actually didn't find anywhere but I did find a pair of jeans that fit me which is no easy task and they only cost $8
It's also in a cool area with lots of little restaurants and a produce store but hard to get to from my house without walking a ton or taking 2 separate buses. The clark bus also broke down on my way home but that's a whole other thing
So me and the SO headed there this weekend with our 'shopping list' of things we needed as we are getting the new place in order. Sure we did not find anything that we were actually there looking for, but we did find oodles of things we did not know we needed. Namely over a dozen books. And I also found a couple of pairs of pants/jeans (it really is hard to exist with only one pair of jeans).
Damn, man. All this for like 23$. And it helps a good cause? And it keeps stuff out of the waste stream? And, most importantly, it is sooo much cleaner and does not smell foul like so many of the Village Discounts can. Oh yeah, and I can try it on in an environment that does not feel creepy/weird.
So why not 5 stars? Some of the stuff, like the furniture and other 'large ticket' items seem a bit overpriced for what they are. Maybe it will become 5 star as I spend more time perusing the place for other people's castoffs.
Brown Elephant is absolutely chaos on weekends. While the store is MASSIVE, browsing can be a frustrating experience with people blocking the narrow rows of clothing. The prices are higher than most other thrift stores (ex. $5 for a sweater - I guess this isn't too bad), but there are some hidden gems to be found. However, I think most of the clothing is too tacky for my tastes, but there are some Banana Republic shirts here and there. Shopping at a thrift store this large and popular requires a bit of patience. Which I don't have, by the way.
Fantastic! I am very happy with Brown Elephant picking up my unwanted stuff. I found them by using Yelp and comparing comments for Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc. It worked exactly like others described. I sent an e-mail a couple of weeks in advance. They sent a return e-mail the next day notifying me of first day they could pick up. I selected a date and received a call at about 9:30 on the selected date notifying me they would come between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Two very nice guys arrived at 11:30. I knew in advance that they didn't take any bedding and they took everything I set out for them except two games and a puzzle. I highly recommend Brown Elephant if you are looking for someone to donate your unwanted items.
Housed in what was originally the Calo Theatre.
Very good resale shop, an extra star for the cause. As with most resale stores, it's hit or miss.
The revenue generated by donations and purchases at the Brown Elephants goes directly to help fund the more than 50% of our clients who are uninsured or underinsured.
Benefits the programs and services of Howard Brown, which is to promote the well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons through the provision of health care and wellness programs.
Man, when this shop used to be on Ashland it KILLED. There was not a day that went by that I didnt go in there and score fabulous crap for pennies. Plus it was stuffed full and thats how good thrifting is supposed to be, like a treasure hunt, or an archeological dig. oooh, look what I found!!!
Now it is on Clark, and oooh, how edgy and wild it is that you took over an old theatre! Yeah, OK, whatever. It doesnt help that you are in a cool location if your stuff sucks! Plus, you arent some hip little Wicker Park boutique, stuff spread out and perfectly arranged does nothing to enhance the experience.
I have been in there on 4 different occasions and have been brutally disappointed each time. Awful selection and definitely more expensive than it used to be. I dont know how many more times I can go back before I give up entirely. Come on Brown Elephant! Go back to your glory days! I miss you!
I've been on a major nesting spree lately. I think I've bought more stuff for the apartment in the last week than I have since I moved in.....7 months ago.
I hit the jackpot Sunday at Brown Elephant. I got a huge stack of National Geographic magazines, in perfect condition, from 1968 - 1996 for 25 cents each, a gorgeous hard cover travel photography book for $10, 6 vinyl records (inlcuding the soundtrack to the Big Chill) for $1 each, and 3 huge silver/wrought iron look picture frames for $3 each!
The place is huge, the staff is friendly and you are shopping/donating for a cause. It was pretty busy when I was there around 3pm on a Sunday so I imagine stock moves quickly. Stop in often and I'm sure you'll score, and don't forget to donate your items so someone else can find some treasure!
I got a couch here for $35 and it's comfy as hell!
Also, if you come on the right day you will find that Urban Outfitters dumps all the stuff they're unable to sell (at $79 an item) and now those same clothes are thrift store price. Hurrah! But obviously, it goes fast.
When you're actually able to nail down a staff member - they're all seem super busy - they will be helpful, polite, and sometimes willing to haggle if it's something big like furniture.
I've been to two other Brown Elephant locations, Wicker Park and Oak Park, and the Andersonville location is by leaps and bounds the best. Nice use of a derelict ballroom!
Gotta love a thrift store of this gigantic nature. Sadly the clothes they offer here will never be in my size but for everything else there is a place in my heart (and sometimes my home). My most recent find was a couch. Older but sleeper sofa and in decent condition (one tear i can easily fix) and yet of small enough stature to fit into my tiny little apt. I love my new couch, The best part about that whole couch deal. The less pretty and less priced couches end up at this location and often get marked down to ridiculously cheap. My (new) couch ended up costing me just over $5. What a bargain!
The building itself is really amazing, I wish the 'Elephant had a little more help/ financial backing/ merchandising management to utilize the space a little better.
The book selection can't be beat, lots of bestsellers- recent ones like "Mr. Darcy takes a Wife" "The Crimson Petal and The White" "Faithless" by Joyce Carol Oates- first edition hardback, the new Diana biography, literally a TON of children's books- in really great condition... I was pleased and my total was less than $5.00!
Once again, I have to say it was I would put the 'rift' in thrifting.
I completely love shopping here. No seriously, I do.
As a tall lass (a wee bit over 6' -- s'true!) I have long feet. And lemme tell you something right now -- the cross-dressers that donate to this place have some damned good taste!
I found a pair of black patent, tasteful wedges for $6!!!!!!
Fantastic!
My husband has been here everyday for almost 9 years straight (hahaha)..he is straight, so he claims, but man I just realized he's been at a gay thrift store everyday for nine years....am I in denial? NO, he loves the deals and sporting PRADA. He is not quite a metrosexual, but likes to dress well.
Good music, so-so selection of womens....wonder why? : )
Not only is this a cool store, but it is a cool building. It used to be a theatre and it looks pretty cool.
They have a great assortment of knick-knacks. From little cheap film cameras to out of order Nintendos for $4. The artwork that they have hanging as you walk in is fun to joke about and there are some REALLY interesting titles in their book collection.
The first time I ever went there I needed an ugly sweater for an ugly sweater party. They had quite a few to choose from. But not all the clothes are ugly, they have a small but worthwhile selection.
I pretty much furnished my studio apartment with Brown Elephant in December. I got a desk, a desk chair, a table, two other chairs, a dresser and an end table for under $100. Granted, I moved at the right time, and they had all of their furniture half-off, but still! The book selection is amazing, the staff is super friendly, and even if they look busy, just pop by the desk and ask, someone will be more than willing to help.
I'm not a big used-clothing shopper, but for everything else, I love the Brown Elephant...
I've been to the location on Halsted, but I like the one on Clark better. Not only because I live closer to that one, but the one on Halsted feels like a garage sale. The old theater just has a cool feel.
I definitely recommend the Brown Elephant for a peruse... as with any thrift-shop, it's hit or miss.
Spacious and un-smelly: two very nice attributes in a thrift store.
A full step higher than the Village (both in price and in atmosphere), it is a great "gateway" place... I often recommend it to those who are just dipping their toes into the glorious world of the pre-used. The clothes here have been edited for content & cleanliness, and will not disgust the novice thrift shopper. Also a huge plus: 2 decent dressing rooms, complete with signs reminding you that your mother doesn't work here...
This store seems to be particularly strong in men's shirts, but I scored a bunch of great skirts here this summer, so no complaints on that front. Books occasionally yield some great finds, and the shoes are worth a quick breeze-by. Glassware, too, has been known to offer up some gems: get a bunch for your next party - who cares if they get broken. As has already been mentioned, this is a good spot to find sundry cast-offs from Urban Outfitters, although much of that has been spurned for a reason.
Final verdict? - definitely worth a visit!
Excellent for housewares and jewelry, and the music piped in can hardly be beat.
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