Clown Glass

This place is fantastic! Truly a wide selection, the sales people are not pushy and are actually friendly, love the music, it looks a like a polished museum, and is all in all a beautiful place to window shop or add to your collection.
In a time where you can buy anything online, it’s nice to find and be pleasurably surprised by all the great pieces and unique pieces. Prices are very reasonable. Support local business!

loved it. i got to geek out with some pretty cool guys.

Amazing head shop in uptown! It looks just like an art gallery, almost all the pieces are hand blown by local artists and are of very nice quality and price! The staff is friendly and very helpful. Definitely my favorite head shop in Minnesota!

I bought my ex a piece here for his birthday and when I walked into the store I must admit, I wasn’t really sure what to expect… but my unsurety only added to the amazement that followed entering their storefront.
I was expecting it to be just like the neighborhood stores where you walk in and are ok with being in the environment, but would prefer not to be… But this was totally blowing them all out of the water. It’s CLEAN! It smells really good, the people are friendly, and they play some kick ass music as well!
For all you non-​smokers I will say, they have such a wide array of items in there that it’s still worth a peek!
They have amazingly ornate smoking pipes, and all of the accesories to come with it which is nice, because it was a one stop shop!
((Fun Note: Ask them to do a drop test. They will know what you are talking about and it will scare the shit out of you and amaze you at the same time. They literally THROW a glass piece at the floor to show how difficult it would be to break)).
I was so entranced with it that I actually went back and bought a few things for myself! Which is weird because I really don’t smoke… haha
((Disclaimer: This is a legal tobacco product ONLY store.))

Clown is one of the premier head shops in Minneapolis. For those who indulge in the occasional use of «FULLY LEGAL TOBACCO PRODUCTS», this is the shop to visit when acquiring a new pipe.
Other than a small selection of (clearly labelled) commercially-​blown pieces, everything in the store comes from their own glassblowing studio in downtown.
The pieces there are truly beautiful works of art, in a vast array of colors, shapes, sizes, and degrees of ornamentation: everything from the simplest, plainest, cheapest little pinchies to massive, oversized pipes featuring full sculptures embedded in them.
The atmosphere is professional and pleasant. No dark, shady, incense-​laden hole-​in-​the wall, this! The staff are knowledgeable and helpful. They’ll only ask once if you need assistance, and if rebuffed, will not continue to pester you every few minutes. That said, when you do want help, there is always someone available to aid you in your quest.
Besides all of the beautiful pipes, the store features a large fishtank filled with blown-​glass coral sculptures, and it is a thing of beauty.
The pipes are sturdy, solid, and well worth every penny. Most of my favorite pieces in my collection have come from Clown, and when it’s time for a new addition (or a replacement, as the case occasionally may be), Clown always springs to mind first.

I walk into clown, expecting only one thing… A new piece. The second you really truly walk into clown, if you’re a head, it is heaven!!!
There are home blown pieces galore, and they dont skimp on price-​quality. Clown glass has all your norms of a headshop, but customer service like NO other, you can find anything you may need there, plus room to grow… All in all, my fav headshop of Minneapolis,
GO THERE TO SEE FOR YOURSELVES FOOLS!!!

Clown Glass is awesome.
The place is spotless! It’s set up like a beautiful art gallery, and I suppose in a way it is.
I love that if I’m going to buy a piece I don’t need to go to some grungy hole in the wall shop. The selection is vast, and I mean it. They have little sturdy pieces that run you $ 10 or huge beautiful pipes that I don’t even remember the price of because I will probably never be buying one.
The employees are very courteous and let you peruse without hovering over you. If I am ever in need, I will be back for sure.

Walking by these places makes me wonder how well off glass blower incomes are doing.
When you walk past a storefront full of blown glass and several hundred dollar pipes for smoking «tobacco products,» I wonder the following things:
1) Who buys this crap? Do people really have $ 600 to spend on an apparatus for enjoying their «tobacco products» in this area?
2) Who makes this stuff? It’s cool but damn is it expensive.
3) Is this someone’s cover store? I wonder.
It’s something to see though. The entertainment of looking at amazingly expensive glass items and the colorful people in the store considering if they can afford what they’re selling is at no charge.