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“This store is awesome for collectibles and some precious childhood memories! From sanrio to barbies to comics and LOL and american girl dolls...they have so much cute things! The owner was very helpful and sweet! My daughters love their Labubus from here! We will definitely be going back!”
“Always find something when we stop in! I love all brown elephant locations but the Andersonville location is really quite spectacular, the building is so cool! Lexi and the rest of the staff are super nice, helpful, and run a wonderful shop!”
“Really nice thrift store with very reasonable prices, which is weirdly hard to find these days. Good selection of items, I always find some cute clothes or little household items here. Staff is friendly. Fitting "rooms" are a tad small and are really just large shower curtain type things with signs on them, but not a huge deal just a bit of a surprise if you're not expecting it. My preferred thrift store in the area.”
“Really great thrift store with excellent prices. Kathy the owner was very friendly and explained to us how she likes to rotate the merchandise that she has in her shop. My daughter and her 30-year-old friends love to go thrifting so they can recycle gently used items instead of buying new items. The store had so many great items including a fantastic selection of new as well as vintage lamps, glassware, home decor, jewelry, furniture, shelving units and much much more. We will definitely be back to visit with Kathy and her cute dog Buddy.”
“Great selection & great prices! Bought two shirts and a dress from there today and I absolutely love them! The dress is perfect for an upcoming wedding I’m attending in a couple of weeks. The staff were nice, and making donations were souped easy. To make a donation, you enter through the front and walk to the back right corner to drop off your items. Brown Elephant has tops, pants, shoes, accessories, formal attire, home goods, and various medias such as vinyl records, movies and books. Can’t wait to go back to see what I find next time!”
“This store has the coolest collections — you can really tell that there is so much thought into its curation. The sellers are so cool and kindhearted; they’ve created a community space in this storefront. VF is my new favorite vintage store in Chicago”
9AM - 7PM
2740 Old Willow Rd, Northbrook
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“Katie is very friendly and kind. Shes really great at making you smile whenever you interact with her its nearly contagious because you cant help but be happy with her and smile too. Katie is awesome! Rock on and keep being your authentic kind self! Love this location because of her :)”
“The store manager was helpful and kind. She shared different content creators online to get inspiration from. I will definitely be returning with my mom to show her the place as well.”
“Always stop by here when I am in the area. One of the best thrift stores I have been too. Always clean and organized. You can go every day because there is always new stuff out!”
“I have visited here a few times. The first time I didn't understand the pricing as I thought it was too good of a deal. The sign near the front, has the colors (of the tag) and prices assigned to that color. Had I understood that the first couple of times, I'd have loaded up. I'm kicking myself for not asking the employee!
It may be just me, but I found some great items every time! My friend who was visiting me, also did as well. She ended up with 2 gently used designer handbags, beautiful sunglasses and a bag full of really nice clothes all for under a $100! It's also a really nice looking, very clean, organized store, good music playing in the background and super nice staff. I'm waiting for it to open right now to hopefully scoop up some more sweet deals.”
“A very cute thrift shop! Definitely smaller than most, but there were so many wonderful items I saw! I spotted lots of nice dress shirts (even some Brooks Brothers!) and ended up snagging a pair of vintage Calvin Klein jeans for $1.62! The folks inside were friendly and there's one fitting room to try clothes on in!”
“I saw this place randomly as I drove by, and decided to stop. Extremely glad I did. I found a really nice jacket, and a bunch of little stuff to give as additional Christmas gifts. The folks at the desk were helpful and engaging, and even random customers started conversation and gave advise. Saved in my favorites, I will be back in the new year!”
“Such a cool little place! I went by and the woman working there was super friendly and helpful, and was so fun to talk with. I found a cute pair of boots, belt, some craft supplies, and even a set of utensils at a great price! If you want to thrift primarily for clothes, I would say you might have a harder time (they have really unique pieces, which is awesome, but it’s just a small selection), but if you want anything else, they have such a neat selection of items. Kitchenware, jewelry, scarves, kids toys, pottery, fancy teacups, yarn, lace, buttons, and a bunch of other fun knickknacks. The awesome staff means I’ll definitely be back to check out what new stuff they have in the future!”
“I absolutely love this place! So many quality items to choose from. I literally can stay in this shop all day! I love the associates as well. They are very friendly and knowledgeable about the items being sold!”
“This thrift store is AMAZING. They price the items fairly and it has a great selection. I wear 3X and I was able to find cute items including 2 halloween dresses (a month back) and a couple of cute long sleeve shirts. The volunteer Diamond was so helpful...Thank you Diamond! I will def be back and I highly recommend you check it out as well!”
“Love coming here!! It is a treasure chest of jewelry, clothing, shoes, house stuff and more. Today i found Salvador Ferragamo boots, in Chocolate brown in my size!! I bought a flower arrangement in a basket in perfect condition
And brand new mugs. I started Xmas shopping for sure! Nancy the manager is always so friendly and helpful. Thank you for expanding the store. It looks bright and shiny! Congratulations Wings and Nancy on a job really well done!”
“I had great luck here today, 3 items tried/3 items purchased. Prices were higher here than some other thrift stores, but nice stuff. They take Venmo, cash or check but no credit cards. But look out for the non-private changing room, lol. I was in there in my skivvies and someone came in -- I called out around the screen that the room was occupied -- she kept coming! I protested that I was trying on clothes, she said in an aggravated tone, "Yes, I want to, too." When I was checking out I asked about it and they said, yes, women are expected to share a common changing space, but I was assured that men were not allowed in when women were in there. Well I should say.”
“Cute little thrift store with a varied selection of items. Men's section of clothing is fairly limited. Some nice coats and dress shoes. What stuck out to me the most were the foreign decor pieces. The staff were friendly and courteous.”
12 - 5PM
1107 Central Ave, Wilmette
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“Absolutely love the Shop from the attentive staff and volunteers, to the amazing window displays, from the great selection of clean, quality clothing that I am saving from a landfill to the important mission. So glad to have the shop in town.”
10AM - 4PM
8354 W Foster Ave, Norridge
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“Nice and genuine people.Everyone is very helpful and kind. I go there on every Monday and Wednesday. It's really fun and new learnings. Hats off to their work”
11AM - 5PM
920 Chicago Ave, Evanston
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“Very nice affordable clothes! Bought khakis for $7 and a Google tshirt for $2. The people at the front desk were super friendly! Definitely coming back for some summer dresses soon! ❤️”
12PM - 12AM
3400 N Halsted St, Chicago
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“THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING PLACE IN THE WORLD! if you’re thinking about it, stop by. there are a plethora of interesting things in the top floor (you could easily spend HOURS just looking around at everything), and then there’s a super interesting thrift shop type of thing in the bottom floor. this store is SOOO MUCH FUN! you will have so much fun here no matter who you are. i definitely recommend that you stop by!! and all of the staff are super nice. you should come by!! i absolutely love this place <3”
“Lovely store a lot of selections! Can get hectic to choose items but very ready prices.
I came back two years later to update the review and add photos. Still a great place to shop if you have the time! You just have to go through A LOT of stuff, maybe up to two hours if you want to be thorough. I also encourage people to support local thrifts that still have items priced like how thrift stores have historically been.”
“It was a nice goodwill. Many things are packed on the shelves in the hardlines area, & a very large section of the clothing is dedicated to Woman's Clothing's. Men's section of clothing I found it hard to find any short sleeve collared shirts. Each size of the section didn't have much more than 3 feet of clothing of nothing special brands. I've noticed that many of the 50% tags are missing. They could have been pulled to make more room for new items, but with much space already available, I am unsure why.
This place was a bit clean & organized other Goodwills I have visited.
I really appreciate that they have a bick rack outside the store. Much appreciated.
I wasn't able to find much today. But there's always another day for many new things to come in.”
“I wavered between 3 and 4 stars for this review - I suppose a 3.5 is fair. Don't get me wrong - I absolutely love the restore. They have great treasures to find! Also, my family benefited from a Habitat house when I was growing up - it was a pivotal change in our life so I 100% support all their stores!!However, my decrease in stars comes from the employees/volunteers (not sure which) helping load the items. Next time I'm going to see if I can just use their carts and go get the items myself and take the lead as they load them.Here's the issue: I bought a couch for $200 and table with chairs for $125. The couch was in pretty good shape - no major issues. But I think when the person loaded it on the cart, they grabbed the cushion on the back of the couch and pulled it to life on the card. The middle cushion is now torn. I noticed before the loaded it in the van and said something to the other person helping to load it but it was kinda just brushed off. I could have returned it but need a couch so I figure I'll just get it fixed and be careful for now.Then, the table looked awesome but they put it upside down in the van and then pulled it out to take the legs off. At some point during that, the top of the table was scratched pretty bad. I also saw this and mentioned it to the person but was brushed off more or less. Not really in a rude way - they were all very nice - but just in-different to it. Again, I could have returned it but need it so I'll fix it later.I'll update this review with pics when I can.”
“My sister and I saw this place while driving down the street and we had to stop. There are so many nice, quality pieces in here. It's a treasure hunt and the owner is very friendly and helpful. We will definitely be back.”
“A fun & quirky maze with tons to see! Lots of unique items and a great selection of vintage. Debbie was great with providing info and a pleasure to deal with. Came away with a great piece for my collection!”
“Best customer service I have seen in years. Roxy was very helpful and friendly. I am having a vintage themed birthday party and I found tons of items that would be perfect, and exactly what I was looking looking for. Highly recommend they have so much good stuff here.”
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“This was one of my favorite locations but these days there is a short woman who works there whose behavior is completely out of control (anyone else who works there or shops there regularly knows exactly who I’m talking about). She is overly nice to some customers but then randomly VERY mean to others, yelling at them about things they’re not doing and coming up to customers and constantly bothering them. She’s impossible to avoid because her voice resonates across the store and she runs around getting involved in everyone’s business. I have heard many other employees complaining about her on several occasions. I’m sure I’m not the only customer who has been harassed or bothered by her. Her behavior makes me so uncomfortable that I have literally stopped coming here because she ruins the experience. I feel bad for this woman because I know she obviously has special needs but her behavior is unacceptable to the customers. I never write reviews or complain but she is really that bad!”