The Salvation Army Family Thrift Store

It is clean however it was not worth getting out of the car for. To think that I paid a dollar to park.

It’s not the most organized of cleanest store, but they get a lot of good furniture here and right now, everything is half off because they are closing soon for re-​modeling. The discount goes up every few days until Nov. 20 when they close to remodel. WHy they would remodel right before xmas is a mystery.

Super nice staff. When I showed up with a truck full of donations, they sent out an employee/​volunteer to immediately help me unload the donations. Much friendlier staff than the Morton Grove store.
I cannot comment on the goods they sell as I went to donate.

Rude and bogus employees. When you try do drop off items to donate they act like you’re bothering them. I donated once and that’s the last time. Goodwill has happy, friendly employees. I’ll drive the extra miles to give them my donated items. They at least appreciate it. Forget Salvation Army.

Items are priced crazy high in this store. I went in here once and almost all the men’s dress shirts were priced at $ 19.99, including one without a brand tag in it. They have children doing the pricing, and they look at you all shocked if you mention their prices seem high, or ask if you are seeing the price correctly. I did find a Robert Graham shirt for $ 3.99 the last time I went, so I I laughed to myself and vowed to drop in only once in awhile.

It’s one of the smallest Salvation Army thrift stores I’ve visited. However, it’s the closest to where I live and will try to make a point to check it out on as many Saturday mornings as I can.
This weekend was $ 0.69 «white-​tag» Saturday, meaning that all white-​tag items were $ 0.69 each. Well, if you have strong arms and are willing to sift through every item in the store, this would be your kind of sale. I bet you would have a blast on treasure-​hunting it!
However, I had limited time this morning since I went in before work. Even under the time crunch, I managed to find three (3) items and all for $ 2.26 after tax.
They rotate a different color-​tag each week, and there will be a large door sign clarifying which color-​tag is 25% and which color-​tag will be $ 0.69. As far as I know, the $ 0.69-sale only occurs on Saturdays, so come early for better selections.
There are associates available who are more than happy to take your donations at the front entrance. You can also ask for the tax receipt because as many of you know, it doesn’t take much to be «elite» enough to make it to the «tax-​paying» bracket in the state of Illinois. I learned that in a hard way last year.

I had no plans on going into this Thrift Store and I love Thrift Stores I was slightly disappointed on how disorganized everything was in the store.
Now, in the store defense it could have been because it was later in the day and people had already thrown things around.
Would I go back; sure but it would be earlier in the day so that I better review this store.
I don’t live in the area but I am always willing to travel for a good sale and thrift store.
Enjoy!

I’m an avid SA fan but this is one location I wouldn’t make a trip back to. As far as the furniture section «large» definitely has room for interpretation. The place is small, very small, so when ¹⁄₃^rd of it is furniture it would seem more than reality. Clothes were a bit over priced (but so have a few other SA’s).

They have a very large selection of furniture, which I wasn’t really looking for. I was on the hunt for some vintage frames and other wall décor. They didn’t really have large selection, but they were trying to sell a handmade mosaic in a vintage from for $ 50 which seemed a little ridiculous. I ended up finding an over sized mason jar for $ 5, so I left happy.

I live right down the street from this location, so I go there often which has possibly skewed my chances of finding good stuff, probability wise (is there any way to measure this or is thrift store luck just superstition?).
It’s a small store, but about half the floor space is dedicated to furniture which seems to cycle pretty rapidly. My best purchases have probably been an antique small oak office desk for $ 20, an old bar or workshop stool for $ 5, and an antique brass floor lamp for $ 7. The prices aren’t as high as some Salvation Army stores, but aren’t as cheap as some others on the South and West sides of town.
This Salvie is located a few blocks in either direction between two Village Discounts (Kedzie & Irving Park, Spaulding & Lawrence) so you can do some combination of the three if you’re into that kind of thing.

Left here with a couple scarves, a vintage frame where I can hang all my jewelries, a frame for my kitchen, a cardigan, a candle holder & for all that is under 20 bucks = one happy Chicagoan!

This place can be a real shit show sometimes. It’s ran by this old woman who wears too many rings and has the wost smokers voice ever, but she will bargain down over anything so don’t be afraid to ask. All the rest of employees there are pretty entertaining as well. Sometimes it’s annoying because It can be very loud. they will yell at each other across the store and one usually cant understand the other so that can be repetitive. I usually only go there for framed awkward paintings or furniture, but they do have a good selection of clothing and appliances as well. Actually, i bought a african-​american nativity set there, for last christmas. I went to the counter and the owner started laughing to the point where she almost choked herself.

This is the best Salvation Army I have been to in the city (I promise it has been enough to say that and mean really mean it). It was super clean and the clothes were spread out enough that I could always push the hangers from side-​to-​side on the racks (if you go to a lot of thrift stores you know that sometimes they are so packed you can’t even pull anything out, let alone actually see what’s there). I spent $ 30 and got two skirts, two pairs of shoes, a blazer from the 1950’s in perfect condition, a jean jacket, a rain coat and two shirts. I was there for about an hour and a half and didn’t even have time to look through all the jackets or shirts, and definitely not house wares or accessories.
I promised the woman who rang me up that I would tell all my friends, so here I am, Unilocaling about it. Check it out, it’s worth the trip from wherever you are.

This is a very nice Salvation Army, it is relatively clean and well organized. However, it is pretty small. I’m not familiar with the area, but street parking was decently easy to find on a Saturday afternoon.
Books are well priced and organized. We found a lot of sci-​fi books for my boyfriend. They had a decent selection of games and puzzles. I didn’t get a chance to look at many of the clothes, but they also seemed your standard SA fair, probably a hidden gem or two in there.
In all, a nice small thrift store. IIf you live in the area, it’s worth a shot to take a visit.

This is a drop-​off, donation experience review. See the other reviews for the shopping experience. We bought a new flat-​screen TV and had a huge 26-​inch tube model in good working order to jettison. So we dusted it off, located its user manual, and packed it up along with its remote for donation.
Our immediate choices were either the Salvation Army or Goodwill thrift shops. There are other worthy charitable thrift stores in the city, but as far as we knew, only these two organizations still accepted the old CRT (cathode ray tube) type TVs. We found their phone number and confirmed this with the closest Salvation Army store (they only accept WORKING TVs). The store would also be open up to and including Christmas Eve day.
When we pulled up with the TV securely packed in the back of the car, it was tricky getting a legal parking spot since they do not have a lot or any designated loading zone spots on the street. The store is on the southwest corner of Montrose and Spaulding, right at a bus stop. Luckily the metered spot just west of the bus shelter was vacant and we could double park there. The lady who runs the store had her beefy delivery man come out with his hand truck. He single-​handedly hefted the TV that took two of us to haul and got it into the shop. This was done smoothly and courteously.
The SA has you fill out their donation acknowledgment form listing what you’ve given them. There is no valuation of the potential worth of the items (We also kicked in a working digital HD converter with remote). That’s up to you at tax time. It all took less than 5 minutes.

I stopped by here tonight with my coworker Bethany in search of an ugly Christmas sweater for a contest were are having at work and they had no Christmas stuff! Overall, the selection is not really good here –not for everyday clothes, costumes or Christmas sweaters. They had some decent furniture (like a movable coffee table and bookshelf) for $ 10 each that I could have spruced up with my awesome spray paint abilities but I walked out with no tacky sweater! Boo! :(

OMG! This is my new favorite place… I’m hooked!
Firstly, it is right in my neighborhood, walking distance, so depending on what I find and my arm strength, I can usually take my treasure back to my lair in one trip. I’ve never left empty handed. Apparently, there is someone out there, just my size who knows my style, takes impeccable care of their clothes (or doesn’t even wear them!) and then donates then for me to buy for less than $ 5!
This is where I found my amazing Wonder Woman/​Hipsteresq red leather flat boots.
This is where I found 3 gold painted wood framed sexy time mirrors to hang in my dining room and look all opulent for $ 25 each. Have you priced mirrors lately? That is a steal!
This is where my fiancé finds all sorts of vinyl because I don’t let him go to Dusty Groove anymore.
This is where I pick up paperback books for under a dollar when I don’t want to go to the library.
This is where I shop now, for everything but food!
Also, the staff has always been friendly to me, and mostly they leave you alone until you’re ready to check out, which is nice.

And thanks for pricing NEARLY NEW TAP SHOES THAT PERFECTLY FIT MY FEET at under $ 3.
This is seriously my favorite place for random, amazing finds in the city.

this place was the equivalent to going to a drug dealer when rachel h and i were both jobless and figured to best way to sooth that pain was numerous hours of aqua aerobics at the y, followed up by some powerhouse thrifting. The staff here is super nice. We’ve had workers go in the back and dig up things they thought that we would like.
Lots of cool vintage dresses, although many times much to big in size. Also the newer clothing is in decent condition and the prices aren’t sky high.
Large selection of furniture. I once bought a chair which unfortunately broke as I was putting it in my car and they actually refunded my money. Shocking!

I like it here. They have an excellent belt and book selection. By which I mean, they have a lot of belts and a lot of books, not one section devoted to both belts and books.
There is a section of the floor next to the lamps that dips down like half a foot. Watch you don’t fall, but be sure to step in it. It’s curiously squishy.