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May 2023 by J K.
Small gem of a thrift shop. Especially nice quality women's and men's clothing plus a a varied selection of good qualify housewares. Note: This place is open. It was closed during pandemic and some searches may be out of date. Check it out, hidden off Brattle street in Harvard Square. If you are headed to Anthropologie or other shops in Harvard Square you might find a bagain only a few steps away.
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December 2019 by Matthew Dill
Good prices, very friendly staff. Not a whole lot of inventory, but a cute place to drop in. I would happily give 5 stars if their hours were better. It's really hard to get there when they're open. I would suggest opening later and staying open an equivalent amount of time. Then they won't need more staff (Though I would happily volunteer a few hours a week to help out).
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December 2019 by Kara Jean
I always find very high quality clothes/shoes there!
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December 2019 by Bonnie Walsh
Little hard to find, but it's a cute shop. The saleswomen were very nice, and I got some great stuff for cheap. Would recommend.
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October 2019 by Jiarui Duan
Good value for money
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September 2019 by Marilyn Bornstein
I donate so much great stuff. Prices are real bargains
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October 2018 by Alfred Leo
It is small, but DVDs are cheap!
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July 2018 by Kirsten T.
This is closed for the summer!!
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July 2017 by Kathryn D.
Wow, what a disappointment. I went expecting to like it so much! I absolutely love thrift stores, and was excited that the store is owned by an Episcopal church because I'm an Episcopalian and work at an Episcopal church. Before going, I had read a few negative Yelp reviews indicating that the clothing was quite conservative, which to me wasn't much of a shock (Episcopalians are known as the "frozen chosen" for a reason) or a deterrent (I'm a fairly conservative dresser myself). However, "conservative" would be a very polite descriptor for the clothes on sale, which brings to me to the things about this thrift store that I did not care for: 1. The selection itself. Honestly, I was somewhat horrified when I walked in because nearly all of the clothing in the store was at least twenty to thirty years out of date. Most of the items were truly hideous. 2. The sales staff. There were two women working when I was at the store, and when I first entered, one of them asked me to put my backpack behind the counter. In and of itself, there would be nothing strange about this at all, except that both of the employees then warned me - numerous times, and in a very serious, unsmiling way - to remember my backpack when I left, and that if I forgot it, they would keep it as property of the store. Later, when I went to try on the few items that I'd found that looked even remotely promising, one of the employees suddenly pulled back the dressing room curtain as I was changing! I was stunned. I assumed she just hadn't realized that anyone was using the fitting room and would apologize and leave, but instead coldly asked me if I was using the clothing hangers. (!) I said I was, but she must have either not heard me or ignored me, because she removed all of them and I then had no way to hang up the clothes. 3. So, after all this, I had decided that there was one blouse I wanted to buy and went to the counter to pay for it, which was when I was told that they don't accept cards of any kind, only cash and personal checks. I was a little irritated because this was not stated anywhere on their website, but said it was fine and just explained that I didn't have any cash on me. I was about to leave, but, again, the employees proceeded to admonish me about how they couldn't hold the item for me, that I could try to run to an ATM and hopefully the blouse would still be here when I came back but that they couldn't promise me anything. Hmm, paying a three dollar ATM fee to buy a five dollar blouse from staff who'd been nothing but rude to me throughout. As tempting as this was, I passed. With that said, who knows, I may have had an unusually bad experience there, which is why I would conceivably be willing to give this thrift store one more chance... but definitely not more than one.
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March 2010 by Dorothy W.
Usually places that have the words Christ and Church in their headlines scare me away, but this tiny thrift shop has drawn me in more than once. I leave with no new awakenings or religious enlightenment but with a sincere appreciation for the old fashioned thrift shop. This is the type of tiny thrift shop many of us grew up with. It's hidden down a small side street and run by an energetic battalion of church ladies who seem to know everyone else in the building except for you. It's a chatty environment. There are two or three small rooms that spread out on either side of the entry way, offering plenty of elbow room. The place is heavy on clothes. Rather traditional clothes. Talbots, LL Bean, Saks. Old and rather tweedy. There's a tiny section of books and a few kitchen items scattered around. I like the familiarity of this little spot but can't say I have found anything that needs to come along home with me. None the less, when I am walking by and see the sign indicating they are open, I stop in again and again. Maybe some day I will even stay for a while and chat with the ladies.
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November 2009 by Christina K.
This is a tiny thrift store that's really hard to find - it's behind Gutman library and the best way to find it is from Brattle Street - look for the signs. I peruse through here for 20 mins or so to look at home goods. Today I made a KILLING - found two pairs of earrings (one for myself and another for a friend) that look to be hand-crafted ($3-$4) each. I also got a plate ($1) that I think will match the other three I have at home and a beer glass ($0.50) to replace the one I broke earlier. The staff are retired women who probably volunteer their time and a lot of the goods are set up really nicely, as if you would use them at your own home. I was eyeing a gravy-boat crock pot for $6 but wonder if I really really need something like that. I have also been eyeing these gigantic martini glasses ($4) that would make really decorative, funky pieces (and uber practical as candy or nut containers), but since I'm moving in a year, no go. Damn. I would be all over those otherwise. Truthfully, I don't tend to find a whole lot of stuff here because it is so small, but the place is well organized and inviting and sometimes there is something that will tickle your fancy. Check the hours - right now they're open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, which was different from last year. One of the staff members told me that the best day to come is Tuesday because they have done all the sorting.
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August 2009 by all seeing E.
I work nearby and will often pop in just for a look around. A womwn I work with told me she LOVED the place so I went the first time on her recommendation. She was right. I have found lots of fun stuff, a little on the waspy side but still fun clothing wise. This is also where I now donate my discards. I say check it out!
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December 2008 by Garth S.
Yesterday, by sheer serendipity (I was watching the traffic on Brattle Street from an upper window in Crate & Barrel), I discovered that Christ Church operates a thrift store. Never one to turn down the chance to happen upon a signed Updike first edition for a buck, I wandered over. The store is tiny and like Gaul, if Gaul contained a narrow hallway connecting its constituent elements, is divided into three parts: Clothing, odds and ends, toys and kitchen stuff. Among scores of obscure classical music LPs that made me wish I still owned a turntable, and heavy 1970s crockery, I found a small book selection, consisting mostly of collected sermons and obsolete self-help twaddle ("I'm OK, You're OK," anyone?). Nestled, however, between a lone third volume of a Samuel Eliot Morrison history and a lesser-known Vance Packard expose, I found a period copy of "Rosemary's Baby," replete with a photo of Mia Farrow on the cover. I purchased it for fifty cents and appreciated the irony of finding, at an Episcopal church charity shop, a novel about a young woman getting ravished by Satan and bearing his spawn. All told, I ended up spending a thoroughly engaging half-hour digging through the discards of well-heeled Cantabrigians. As Julius Caesar Schwarzenegger might have said, "I came, I saw, I'll be back."
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November 2008 by Naomi U.
Despite the fact that many of their items, are truly dead; broken, marred, holey, completely out of style whilst lycra, too flammable to ever graduate to vintage, and are offered for sale at 2-3 three times what you'd pay at a garage sale if one didn't bargain, the thrill of the hunt keeps me coming back. Why? Because occasionally they have a stray; something wonderful that's in pristine condition and selling for a dollar or two.
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August 2008 by Lynette K.
This little shop is great and operates for a worthy cause. I have found some great items there. (Best: Ann Taylor jeans that are very flattering and seemed to be brand new for $6!) Of course, donations are accepted. It can be tricky to find and to find parking but call or ask around. You can reach this street by Brattle St or by parking near the Commons and walking to the left of the church down the walkway to the little dead-end street that the shop is on. Hours for 2008 are/were Tues, Weds, Thurs, Saturday 10am-4pm but call 617-492-3335 to check in case they have changed the hours more recently.
