St Patrick’s Thrift Store

Meh. Year after year it’s the same old crap. Does ANYTHING ever sell out of here? I’ve mostly taken this place off of my radar because the turnover of goods is slow to nonexistant. Bad 90’s clothing, particle board furniture, chipped dishes, 80’s brass light fixtures… bleh. Also the furniture room reeks of urine /​sewage making my shopping experience less than pleasant.

I went in here because the sign said 50 to 75% off all clothes. But who would want the clothes they have there? Nobody! They are old, they smell, have stains, are over priced, and are no good. The women in the store seemed inconvenienced by my presence. The store was in disarray, items were EXTREEMLY overpriced. The customer service was below the lowest of low expectations. They only accept cash and to top it off the lady tells me, next time you need to check your bag in at the front before shopping. Excuse me? You mean my purse? No thank you, I wouldn’t want to steal any trash from a church thrift store. Please, how rude!

If it was allowed I would give St Patrick’s Thrift store 0 stars. As a long standing parishioner of St Rose’s I am very disappointed in their thrift store and the woman who runs it. After calling a day prior to ensure that the thrift store was interested in children’s clothes, books and toys, my father and I drove to their store. The woman receiving the goods and acting as cashier was the rudest, most uncharitable person I have ever come across. When I told her I had the items out back she literally huffed and puffed and went on and on about how the store did not need women’s clothing. I proceeded to explain to her that I did not have women’s clothing, but items for children — something they are in need of. She then said how she was busy and hated items in large black bags. First off, I never told her my items were in large black bags and even if they were why would that matter? A donation is a donation. I then, point blankly asked her if the thrift store was interested in my donation as I’ve never heard of a charity (especially one in such a poor, depressed area as St Rose, turning away donations.) The woman then became irritated with me. With disgust in her voice she then said «fine, bring the stuff to the front for me to look at.» I then told her no, that my father and I would be making our donation elsewhere. To a more reputable and charitable organization that was interested in actually helping the individuals in their community. My father and I then took our donation to the American Cancer society where the woman there was ecstatic to receive out items and never even asked what was inside of the bags! Long story short — I will never again donate to St. Patricks. I also will be speaking to the Parrish priest shortly as he should be aware of the ignorant, uncharitable individuals the church has running their store. M. Cavanaugh will be highly upset to learn valuable donations are being turned away because the staff do not want to do their jobs!

Sometimes it happens & sometimes it don’t… Today it did.
That’s what it’s like when I thrift shop… It’s either hit or miss. Plus I love stumbling onto a new shop I’ve never been to OR even better never knew existed until I’m driving by it…
Here’s what I learned:
Cash Only.
Street side parking only. Pretty much except for 3 – 4 slots right up against the building.
No Sales tax as they only charge cash (this is what I was told & didn’t argue as I saved money)
Vintage furniture. They had several pieces actually and 2 of which that I could have easily have taken home however priced a tad high for me but still in fantastic shape for their age.
The place is old and smells stale & well for lack of a better term old, musty & not so fresh. Not a deal killer for me but worth mentioning. Poop; it does NOT smell of poop or pee. those two would be deal killers for me. Yet I digress…
Prices on some stuff over priced others under priced = Balanced prices. Lots of glassware and clothing. I did not shop for either as I was on a mission. Okay that’s not entirely true, I did half halfheartedly browse their glassware’s & they have as much of it as clothing which is a lot of it & its in good shape.
The building is old as dirt. And it smelt of gas. Not gasoline but the faint odor of an old school gas furnace lingered in the air which was rather fitting really seeings as how the building is so old. The front door was propped wide open so my concerns of asphyxiation diminished as I continued in…
Still on the hunt for some plant stands of any kind or anything that can be make-​shifted into a plant stand and although I did not get to satisfy that fixation I did score 3 of the awesomest small shelves for the walls in our home. Our home was built in the 50’s so it lacks the large super sized walls of newer homes so small decorative & strategically placed shelves here and there are a must however I refuse to pay top dollar for them.
Today’s haul returned 3 of them: One older; early 1970’s era as I Googled the brand and description as soon as I got home to learn of it’s age as I couldn’t see it in the store even wearing my glasses & had to rely on my man to do it for me once I got home and the other two are heavy weight, white in color and crown molding in design; gorgeous is what they all are…
$ 9 for the lot of them.
Customer Service was great too as the portly woman manning the counter was so friendly and helpful and the tall man who sorta kept an eye on me in the back area room which contains the furniture and also where I scored all 3 of our new shelves, as I think he was making sure I didn’t pocket anything but he was beyond nice as well as on his fourth trip back into the room for no apparent reason I finally decided to strike up a convo with him. That was his last trip back into that room.
I was the only shopper. I loved that. When I’m in the area again I will stop here.

Meh. St Patrick’s Thrift isn’t exactly the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but it’s better than a shillelagh upside the head. (Done with the Irish puns, promise.)
No hellos when I walked in, kind of dimly lit, dingy, cramped– but a good-​sized store with a decent overall selection, and a nice furniture area in the back. I liked their rack of formal gowns in the furniture room, there were some good finds in there. Plus I found some good winter coats among the stuffed racks. You could do worse when it comes to thrift shops… trust me, I’ve done the research.

This thrift store is big and a bit too funky for my taste. They have a large selection of everything; clothes, shoes, books, records, and furniture. I looked through the ladies wear and could not find anything. E found a Burt Bacharach show tunes album. Oh they also sell bread…

I’ve found some good stuff here, mostly little knick-​knacks or dishes, but the clothing is hard to look through since it is unorganized and crammed. The store is kind of dark and claustrophobic, especially if there are a few people in there. Definitely worth checking every now and again for a good score. Plus if you are hungry they usually have free loaves of bread…

This place is big but packed with dated dusty thrift leftovers. Feels like they need to have a big sale and clean out the crap. They are overpriced for housewares ($ 7 for an ancient answering machine, $ 15 for dusty plastic cat crate). I found a few cute clothes after digging. They have some cute fancy dresses for little girls. Overall kind of a dud. I wouldn’t go back and would only recommend it if you have time to kill and its on your way.

I usually avoid religious based thrift stores, but after seeing some photos of the loot that they carried (from Mimomito blog), I had to check it out.
For the most part everything is priced cheaply. There was an awesome looking dining set that I need to check out once it is ready to be sold. I tried to take a peek in the «KEEP OUT» section and it looks like there is a guy who possibly doctors up furniture.
I agree with Crystal C., don’t bother with the clothes. Even though clothing sections were labeled, nothing was organized.

They have tons of good dishes/​kitchen stuff, books, and decent furniture. The women who work here are super sweet and fun to chat with while they use a calculator and note pad to ring you up. Kinda quaint. One of the major bonuses of this store is if there is a missing price tag, they make you a reasonable offer instead of yanking it out of your hands and telling you to come back tomorrow at opening like every other thrift store in town.
If you’re looking for clothes, pass on this place. It’s not very well organized and the racks are so cramped you literally have to fight to pull anything out to look at it. Most of their clothing is 1990’s retirement home chic.

I lucked out at St. Patrick’s Thrift store. I was looking for a used wheel chair while I was in an ankle cast. I got tired of limping around on crutches. St. Patrick’s had a cheap one for $ 45.
It will come in handy if I ever want to be Larry Flynt for Halloween. And no, I will not purchase a used colostomy bag to make the costume «really work».