Barnes & Noble

The reason to have a coffee shop in a bookstore is so that 1) people can get their fix while shopping/​reading books, and 2) so they can do a little work. In this location, the WiFi is GOD AWFUL, and barely works. So, if you don’t need Wifi, go here, otherwise, go elsewhere.
When I go to a bookstore to work, I always end up buying a few books on my way out. Its sort of a trade off in mind. I work in your location for a few hours, sip your crappy starbucks coffee, but then buy a couple overpriced books before I leave. Works out for both of us. I guess this location doesn’t get that. So I won’t visit again, and I won’t be buying books from them anymore, because I can just go online and find them much cheaper.
Your loss dudes.

If you’re looking for a place to do some work with your laptop and need an Internet connection, keep looking. Internet is beyond dial-​up slow and takes 5 min to load any simple website.

Worst Barnes and Noble hands down!!! If you are looking for African American literature don’t come to this location you will be highly disappointed. Truly insulting the lack of African American literary options this store has to offer. Revamp store ASAP!!! If I could give no stars I would.

Meh, it’s a nice location and the staff I talked to was polite and knowledgeable. Only thing I find that’s a shame, more for them, is they don’t price match. This is why I don’t go to book stores. I can easily find what I want online in seconds and get it a little bit of a cheaper price.
Get with the times people. I don’t mind waiting for my free two day shipping from amazon if I’m going to save more than a couple bucks.

Rude, uninformed, and WILDLY DISTRACTED staff. This store is a great example of why Amazon is thriving while bookstores are closing in droves.

It’s nice to see a bookstore. Call me old school but I prefer paper pages to flip through.
For a city location this is a sizable store and the location is great but the parking kinda sucks. You can validate the ticket but you’re competing for spots with the Regal theatre.
Customer service wasn’t the best. I felt bad for the guy cashier on Sunday night. The line was long to begin with and just continued to grow. I could tell he was looking for help but I couldn’t understand why he didn’t page anyone. I wasn’t in a hurry so I waited.
I would go back but I probably wouldn’t spend much time here.

really the only barnes and noble left in the city. nice place to spend time reading and chilling.

Helpful friendly staff. Be sure to request help if you need it. Usually you will be escorted to the appropriate section!!!
Big selection of fiction as well as non fiction.
Large children’s section
Large magazine and travel section
Small stationery and gift selection
Free validated parking for first 90 minutes only!!! Be sure to allow time to check out, get validation, walk to car, and drive to exit within the limit or you will be charged for parking!!!

When u travel take ur BN discount card for savings. This not a bad BN compared to most. It has a nice selection of books and movies, it’s just in a pain in the ass location. I try and hit BN while I’m traveling to pick up books on my Amazon wish list. A combo of using my discount card and in person buying usually brings the price down to the Amazon level without having to pay for shipping.

This Barnes & Nobles offers everything a bookworm can ask for. A lot of sections from teen fictions to complex literature. As you arrive this garden of knowledge, you will not able to withdraw from it without finding something intriguing and fascinating.
Cozy atmosphere from the café that emits the eternal tranquility for avid readers while enjoying a cup of coffee along with reading your favorite novels. You can make this your personal haven where you can escape to your own world without being nagged by anyone.
The staff is generally warm, welcoming, and friendly toward everyone.

Really great varieties of books and the area for children is just amazing! It is full of toys, colorful, with tables, and they have a story time which is a really great idea! Highly recommended!

We’ve shopped at this location since 2003. Team-​members are helpful and approachable; outstanding selection of movies, music, books, toys, magazines. Starbucks is OK — pretty much standard coffee bar café.

How can this place have only 3 stars?! Are you all insane?! This B&N is the best I’ve ever been (and I’ve been to those stores in Chicago, suburbs, LA, and NYC). Clean like new. enourmouse kids area with a train table and tables for reading boks. Plus an area with LEGO table and other activities for older kids.
In addition to all I mentioned above this store has a huge cafeteria with a selection of the Cheesecake Factory brand cakes and other sweets.

Warning if you plan on doing work in the café: there is nowhere in the store where you are allowed to charge laptops. The one outlet on the second floor is labeled with a «Not for public use,» sign. When I asked an employee if I could plug in my laptop while I sat right by the outlet, he said it was a «safety issue» and that they don’t want people tripping over cords. Clearly, this is actually their attempt to make sure people don’t post up at the store for too long.
I understand why you don’t want people lingering for hours, but own up to that being your policy instead of pretending to be the only place in the world that is concerned about the «safety» of plugging in cords.

There is a reason Barnes & Noble is going under.
I want a book for a project I’m doing. I looked on their website, it was $ 22 there. I clicked the «pick up in store» option and it said it was in-​stock at this location. Great!
I get there and the exact same book is $ 42. Wait a minute… what? I asked them about it and they said that $ 22 is the online price, and even though I can reserve the in-​store copy online at the online price I will still be charged almost double if I actually buy it in-​store. Yet, I can buy it online for $ 22 and have it shipped to my house for free (but I will have to wait a few days).
How does that make any sense? Fuck you, Barnes and Noble. This is why Amazon is going to put you out of business. Now I have to go to a library to do my project (a LIBRARY! In 2013! My generation hardly knows what a library is!)

Had a gift card to use so stopped in to the café for a coffee. Greeted by a rude woman who was snotty. After she ran my giftcard she told me the system was down and to get it to work she would have to call the 800 number and did I want to wait. I said yes I’d wait. I never come to b&n so I needed to spend this gift card!
I know the system being down isn’t her fault but her attitude is! Wish I noted her name, I would have listed it here.
The waiting two mins for her call, not a big deal but w/​her huffy-​ness you’d think it took her 2hrs!

This is a decent B&N, they have a good selection of stuff in stock, and the staff is pretty helpful when it comes to recommendations.

Barnes and Noble has books. If you need books, this is a good place to go to get them. This is the closest BN to where I live. I do wish it was a little more convenient to public transportation, but the fact remains that they have books.
If you’re not a member, you should be. It’s worth it if you like books.

Love this Barnes and Noble location! I hope they never close down. They have a parking lot which is a huge plus for me because I hate having to drive around for 15 minutes to look for street parking. Parking is free for up to 90 minutes — more than enough time to get what you need. I never have a problem with finding a table upstairs. The only negative is I don’t think they have Wi-​Fi because I brought my laptop with me once and I wasn’t able to connect to the internet. Oh well, more time to read dirty hollywood magazines for free!

Maybe I’m a little bias in that I’ve always preferred Barnes & Noble bookstores over Borders, however, this is my go-​to location. Actually, this is the only location that I know of that’s nearby since the one on Diversey is gone, but it’s always been my favorite location.
Sometimes the employees are helpful, sometimes they’re not. Ya know what? This is something I’m actually ok with. Why? Well, I’m used to the store’s layout by now and find it’s actually perfectly broken up.
Last Christmas I bought some gift cards, but because I was so anxious to buy them they weren’t exactly for the amount I wanted. I called up to ask if it would be possible to add to the gift cards when one of the guys told me to come in and pay for 2 new gift cards using the old ones and then whatever other form of payment I wanted. I didn’t understand why he couldn’t just add to the cards I had when he informed me that $ 100 in gift cards resulted in a promotional $ 10 gift card. I appreciated that. Granted, I just found the gift card in an old wallet and I doubt it’s still good (though there’s no expiration)…but if I had used it in a timely manner I’m sure I would have splurged on some $ 10 magazine or something that I’d normally think was ridiculous.
I won’t lie, I make it a point not to buy music or movies from a bookstore, but they seem to have a decent section. I find the children’s section to be better than most and always find what I’m looking for… then again, if I couldn’t find my childhood staples I’d think there’s a problem as I grew up on the same ones anyone else born in the mid-​80s did.
There’s 90-​minute validated parking, it’s a good place to kill time while waiting for a movie and I can usually find whatever book I’m looking for. When I can’t, they order it. Like I said, the employees are either really helpful or can’t be bothered and it might be my comfort with this store, but it doesn’t bother me.