Secret Treasures

I went to the store with two purposes: sell some vintage items and purchase some plates I saw in the window. I got my plates while they were looking over my items They didn’t want to purchase any items which was totally fine with me.
Then the owner starting laughing when she saw I was making a purchase and said ‘so you came in to sell and now you’re buying something’. Seriously, did she just do that to me? I immediately stopped the transaction. How inappropriate to make fun of me for spending money in her store. Obviously she judged me as only a seller and not a buyer. She needs to learn what good customer service means.
How about saying ‘how nice of you buy something even though I didn’t buy your items’. Think before you speak.

We stumbled into this place upon recommendation from someone. It was a great little store full of cool items! Had wonderful prices too. The staff was super nice, and chatted with us for most of the time. Will absolutely return to look again!

Great store to have in the neighborhood! The people are all so nice, and they have such great items at very reasonable prices. When my family members come to visit from Arizona we always stop in to buy a few unique knick knacks!

This little antique store has some of the best selection. They are reasonably priced on their items. They always have something unique and practical for the home. The staff is also extremely friendly and helpful.

Very good place to find linens, dishes and glassware; prices affordable and classic to retro. Turnover of contents is frequent so much to consider.

This place is great! And the owner is so trustworthy and kind. My mom (Anne) has been coming here for years and years and is always speaking very highly of this spot.
They have a bit of everything AND if you talk to them and tell them that you are looking for anything in particular, they take note of it and stay on the look out. Which is what they do for my mom and even call her back months and months later when they find whatever item she is looking for. I got an huge Amber Sterling Silver ring for only $ 55. That’s another thing… everything is so very affordable!
They are dedicated to making all their patrons happy and create a wonderful community spirit. I will most definitely come back.

Love this store. Great prices, new stuff comes all the time, and they always welcome me with a huge smile.

Great shop. Great prices. Organized. Great social media. Great location. Cute, inviting vibe.
One thing no one has mentioned, the owner gives fair prices when you bring things in to sell to her. She will tell you what how she will price it, then give you half of that. Fair, I’d say!

I have been shopping here for years and it is definitely my favorite antique and vintage shop. The merchandise turns over constantly so you never know what you will find, the prices are excellent (better than the flea market in some cases and you don’t have to drive all the way to the middle of nowhere and schlep through mud or dust), and Dawn and her staff are so kind. I have purchased everything from photos to bookcases to planters to books and I always find something I need each time I visit.

What a great place, huge selection of china and silver. The prices can’t be beat and the staff is really knowledgable. It’s hard to find trustworthy antique dealers that are honest and upfront… and we found it here!
This is probably going to be our new ‘go to’ place for our antique collecting and gift buying. Worth the trip from Hyde Park!

It’s physically impossible for me to overstate how much I adore this shop. I’m not the only one, too, look at all of these five-​star ratings!
With a beautiful assortment of antiques, vintage treasures, oddities, and glassware, this is a deal-seeker’s heaven. Laid out perfectly in a space that would feel claustrophobic in less-​skilled hands, Secret Treasures is a delightful afternoon adventure for lovers of antiques.
Split into two rooms, the first is a main collection of clear, colored glassware on the left wall, jewelry and collectibles in the glass countertop cases that wrap the back and left of the room. Ties, scarves, hats, silverware, books, glasses, keepsakes, ashtrays, dice, kitchenware, postcards, and tintypes are scattered with honed precision across the store. Dig, my Unilocalers, DIG. There are more delights to be found in the nooks and crannies of this little shop than you would imagine!
The second room, an expanded glass section, is a dazzling display of serving pieces, vases, collectible glasses, teacups and sets, the occasional hutch and cabinet, and every piece of gold flake, hand-​painted porcelain you could desire. Be careful, though! The charming, wry owner of this shop (Dawn, you gorgeous creature) has taken advantage of every available inch and filled it with affordable, collectible pieces from Turn of the Century forward.
Priced-​To-​Sell unlike so many of their competitors, Secret Treasures is able to keep a steady flow of new stock by the fact that they sell what they buy. This is a store that is completely disinterested in creating a museum of pieces that *might* sell someday. With new stock each and every day, this is not a place to think, «Hmmm… I’ll wait and come back later.» If you like it, slap a ring on it because it’s not going to be there by the time you get back.
Street parking, $ 15.00 minimum on card purchases.

This is my favorite store to browse through in Evanston! There’s so much stuff, and most of it is priced really, really reasonably. I’ve gotten a lot of gifts here, and they’ve all been well received. I love looking through their scarf bowl ($ 1 for silk scarves!), their jewelry (tie bars are $ 1 — I’ve gotten so many of these to give as gifts), and their kitchen items.
Everything is so organized in this store, and I always feel welcomed — the staff is super friendly and, even when they’re busy, I’ve always felt like they weren’t too busy to take out something from the display cases for me to look at, and they’ve never made me feel bad when I decided against it!

THE most organized antique store I have ever had the pleasure of visiting!
A friend and I just had a moment to swing through, but that was enough, given the fact that it was so easy to find everything. Everything was divided and demarcated very clearly. For example, I collect certain types of postcards, and at most places you’ll find, like, a shoebox full with no rhyme or reason, which could take you half an hour to thumb through. Here, all the cards were in a revolving rack, AND sorted by theme. I found a couple right away! We didn’t waste time and get to see that much more of the stock because we didn’t have to spend time poking through just one box.
So much great stuff. Secret Treasures is definitely a treasure itself!

Cute, reasonably priced, friendly staff, and lots of awesome antiques. It’s a small store, two rooms, but it is filled with great finds. If you are in the neighborhood check it out.

This little hidden treasure is getting to be pretty well known. The place is always busy, hustle and bustle the staff is always smiling and helpful. Everything is well tagged, reasonably priced, clean and so incredibly cute. Decorating ideas galore as well as fashion. I can’t say enough good things about it. It is by far my favorite store

Like most of the other reviewers, I love this shop. I live all the way out in McHenry, but when I’m in the Evanston area, I always stop at Secret Treasures. Have never left there empty-​handed. Small shop, but they do have a great inventory of vintage items and everything is organized, clean, and priced very well — especially for Evanston. The shop owner is very nice and friendly, too.

There’s nothing not adorable about this shop. Cute, cute, cute.
No wonder they were voted Best of Chicago!

Great little shop with a big inventory and lots of smiles. These folk made me feel welcome instead of like I was intruding (like many antique stores do). I will go back soon and often. Got any salt pigs yet?

I LOVE this shop. I ran in because they had the same little glass Christmas Tree my Great Grandma had and I’d always wanted. I too was hesitant to Unilocal about it because It’s such a perfect antique store! Their selection of pretty vintage crystal, dishes, knick knacks, and jewelry is fantastic. They also have a great assortment of retro postcards, gloves, linens, and hankies. It is tiny, but still full of fabulous finds and presented nicely. Everything is clean and tagged clearly. Best of all, the prices! Amazing prices. Opera length gloves for $ 3.50, a vintage Brownie Camera for $ 8, and my glass light up Christmas Tree? Only $ 12.50. Fabulous. I can’t wait to go back.
Only one caveat, they only accept credit cards on purchases over $ 15.

It’s funny, but I almost hesitate to Unilocal this place because I love it so much and don’t want to share!
In Chicago, it is RARE to find an antique store with reasonable prices. You always get the big-​city mark-​up if you’re even lucky enough to find something special in the first place. Not so at Secret Treasures — they have two rooms full of fascinating things — jewelry! furniture! crazy antique umbrellas! chalk fish to hang on the wall! — that run the gamut from elegant to over-​the-​top, from kitschy to nostalgic to My-​Grandma-​Had-​That!
I adore their jewelry cases the best, but truly, they have everything. I bought a complete porcelain child’s tea set there for $ 6, and recently I found a beautiful, engraved, sterling sweetheart’s bracelet. I don’t live in Evanston, but i plan to become a new regular.
That, and the women working there are wonderful. Nice job, ladies! (Now save the good stuff for me!) :)