East Broad Antiques

What a great accidental find. I came to Quakertown to check out Trolley Emporium and stumbled across this wonderful place. I walked away with a car full of great finds, and while both stores are good, I actually liked this one best.
I’m often not a fan of the antique mall set up where you have a bunch of different vendors selling under one roof. The selection and quality is usually much worse when you get together 25 people who do this as a hobby than when you have one person running their own store and is doing it as their living. However, this place proved to be an exception.
Lots of vendors have their own little areas and to my delight, they had tons of good small furniture, lamps, mirrors, frames, rugs — all antique, mostly prior to the 1950s. I found most of the pieces to be reasonably priced too. The woman tending the store was lovely. She called one of the vendors and negotiated a price for me over the phone. She helped me juggle a bunch of belongings and got all of my stuff to the backdoor where I could pull up my car close in the rain.
I adore this place and will be back again and again.
Note, they have another location diagonally across the street with more contemporary and collectors items like toys and such. I did not spend much time in there.

Cool place to browse for antiques, but 3 stars for overpriced items. Free coffee and cookies though :-)

Two whole buildings with too many rooms to count, jam-​packed with antiques and other vintage goodies. Most of the stuff is fairly organized, and some of the prices aren’t bad for an antique store. The building on the north side of the street has a nice selection of vintage housewares, plus piles upon piles of vintage fabric (my wife’s main reason for repeat visits). We only hit the south-​side building if we have spare time to kill — lots of antique toys, tools, and furniture there. Overall a pretty cool place if you want to browse for a good hour or two :)