I walk with a cane.There were no baskets.I carried my purchases in my hand and under my arm.A…read moresecurity guard started to follow me.I shop there 2-3 times a week and have to put up with that bullshi*. Obviously the owner doesn't give a rats ass about customers.Last time they will see my face and any others I can convince to boycott this store.If you are a senior shopping there prepare for harassment.

Was in this particular store today. Dollar General can you please work on setting up social…read moredistancing guidelines (signs, tape on the floor, etc) like other businesses have or are doing. Your store is a critical part of our community. It's not all your fault. Customers also need to police themselves and distance themselves, etc. This is a great store but just be prepared for no distancing.

Just a massive massive village discount with quite literally every thing you can imagine…read more Easy to wander the aisles. Pretty clean inside given thrift stores Staff was nice, and there was a lot of tidying and stocking being done.

.Great place to thrift. The staff has always been friendly, prices are fair, and you never know…read morewhat you'll find. I've found some awesome sports equipment and other hidden gems here. If you enjoy the hunt, Village Discount is definitely worth checking out.

ADA parking in front…read more There is always a security guard the best place to get cheap namebrand shooes baby

BEWARE of the female employees at the dollar tree store location on Pulaski near Wilson. I wasn't…read moreaware that there's a time limit for browsing and shopping at that location. They get very sharky around you if you're there for more than one hour. especially the Spanish chunky chick with long hair. she has a very serious demeanor. never smiles. I noticed after a while past the one hour browsing and shopping looking, she would creep up in the same aisle I was at pretending to stock and check items at the same time spying on me. very creepy. I didn't have a basket so had to hold a few items in my hands and forearm. The other heavy set AA female employee is just as leery and creepy. It's very insulting, uncomfortable and off putting to assume someone is taking things. It is not worth my time to cater to a location with suspicious sharky employees. The other locations never shark me. very disappointed with this location, it's big bright and spacious. but it is not worth being there over 30 minutes. I tend to linger a bit longer when I haven't been at a certain location in a long while. but it is not worth it at this location unfortunately. :/ my favorite employee is not there anymore :( and she was the very nicest cheerful one, made me smile. I think I see why she's not still there. probably had to tolerate the creepy other women coworkers. zero stars for employee demeanor, lack of confidence in innocent customers.

Great vibes and a nice selection of furniture, miscellaneous things like Golden Girls tiki glasses…read moreand dishes, great books and organized electronics. I got some wall art. Knocked a star off because they organize clothes by color and not size, so if there's anything in my size in that store I never found it. - Mrs. Dan

Am I into resale shops No - But this space is cool. It used to be the former Calo Theater, a…read moreSpanish Baroque Revival Theater built in 1915. When you see the theater area - you'll feel how cavernous it is. There are still see some of the architectural details left from its original form. I do like the CD selection and the couch lounge is just so inviting. Plus it's hot and humid outside this midsummer fest in Andersonville and this place has AC. Also the people watching isn't bad they really have all kinds here.

I shop here about once a week. Yes, the store is a mess and yes the prices are very low. And if…read moresomeone tells you they NEVER have both registers open at the same time, they're correct. The staff is adequate but they seem incapable of picking up the items on the floor, I'm not sure if it's a phobia or they just cannot bend over and do it due to medical issues. Regardless, if you can put up with the mess, the somewhat lazy staff and the long lines at the register, this is a great place to shop.

walked into the store and got told to give my backpack to the man at the register and i complied,…read morewalked around to get whatever i needed quick and i notice 2 people with backpacks? i go to the register to pay for my stuff and i kindly question the man at the register why i was the only one with my backpack taken away and the others are roaming free with theirs. he had no answer and decided to tell me to question the customers who had their backpacks, i simply ask nicely again and both the cashier and the customer start screaming and cussing me out. i asked for the manager and the cashier said he was the manager which i dont believe because they all say that. they proceed to yell at me to pay for my stuff and get out and to never come back. i highly believe it was an act of racism because i am a covered muslim. someone needs to do something about this.

Basic dollar type store, not everything a dollar like Dollar Tree. Not a fancy store by any means…read morebut a lot of good finds in there. They don't open at 9 am as listed it is more like 10 am or 10:30am depending on what time this Mom and Pop store decided to open so don't show up till after 11 am to be safe. Usually friendly clerk/owner will check you out. Glad they are around, I would suggest they spruce the place up a tiny bit. The lottery tix they sell help them to stay in biz.

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Not only is the shop cool to browse (I found a designer placemat for a dollar), but I was able to…read moretake advantage of their program where you can meet with a personal stylist who curates outfits for trans and gender non conforming customers. It was the most fun I've had clothes shopping in so many years. I get compliments often on the pieces I bought there, and I plan to make a donation soon because I want this place to be around for a long time-- it's already a cultural institution!

A wonderful part of the community. I don't live near the shop, but make it a point to donate there…read morewhen I can.

I have been coming to this Dollar Tree for several years, especially within the last two moves, so…read moreI've watched a lot of employees come and go. Some were great; others were not so great. But I'm updating my review SOLELY on the cashier I met for the first time yesterday. It's been a couple of decades since I was a cashier, and I remember how much you had to bite your tongue when it came to some of the comments people would make. In my case, it was usually management and not the customers. But this location always has a colorful bunch of customers that just do the most RANDOMLY outrageous stuff for no absolute reason, from digging in their noses to screaming across the aisles to completely ignoring the pandemic six-footer rule. Lately, it's been fairly normal in there. That or I'm lucking out and going at all the right times. But yesterday, I was baffled by a conversation between a white, male customer and a black, female cashier. In what should've been a non-controversial conversation about the holiday season, she mentioned off-handedly that her daughters have polar opposite personalities but she had a good Christmas nonetheless. And this guy had the audacity to ask her if she had "Bebe's Kids." That was so unnecessarily offensive, and I know he would not ask a white lady cashier this same question. When she tried to professionally and calmly correct him that these weren't small children, he switched to asking her were they like the kid in "Home Alone." How many different ways are you going to insult this woman's parental habits? I was furious, but she played it so cool. Had she responded with what I was thinking, she'd have been terminated. For that, I commend her for keeping her cool under what was a very ignorant conversation. I finally said something about not needing a bag and pushing my stuff to the front to get him to hurry up, bag his stuff and get away from me (and her). She was just as nice to me, but I do wonder if those comments rubbed her wrong. Either way, her level of patience is management material, and I hope someone acknowledges that. Happy Holidays to her for being a patient, professional and take-the-high-road mother!

(Zero stars) If…read morethere's such a thing as an "Absolutely the Worst Store Ever" award, it belongs to this s***hole. Egad, this place is so scary, families ought to bring their kids here for Halloween instead of paying admission to a haunted house! Enter at your own risk (and avoid wearing open shoes). I've visited stores in impoverished countries that are far nicer. The hopeless mess is in stark contrast to better-maintained Dollar Tree stores in the 'burbs. Merchandise is strewn on shelves helter-skelter. The floor, which likely hasn't seen a mop since the Obama era, is littered with a mix of trash, blobs of crud, and trampled merchandise. Spills are ignored. Some of the aisles are impassable, blocked by an avalanche of cartons and junk. Heck, I was afraid to breathe the air without a mask!

This is a desi clothing store on Devon. They have a great selection of Pakistani clothing from…read moreshalwar kameeze's to Gararahs. Reasonable price and good quality. Definitely worth a visit!

Mommy daughter's look for Eid up adha by Zara collections at Devon rd , Chicago . I wanna thank you…read morefor making my Eid wonderful !! Loved the styling and ambience at the store .

Advance Distributors is on the SE corner of Pulaski Ave & Argyle across the parking lot from Aldi…read more My wife is a Filipina and anyone who knows Filipinos know about the Balikbayan Box that they like to send or bring home loaded up with American items that are coveted in the Philippines. Her brother Ed lives in Quezon City w/his daughter and 3 grandkids. 2 girls and 1 boy. My wife calls frequently to check up and see how he's doing (I mean even if there was a problem he wouldn't tell her). So anyway she was talking to him last night to see how he's doing and if there were any specific items that he needed. The 7 year old granddaughter was asked if she wanted anything. She doesn't want anything like a Barbie doll she wants an i phone X. Yeah right let's get her a $1000 i phone X. Maybe one for her sister too lol. We recently found out after years of driving by that it is open to the public. This coupled by our plans to go to the Philippines early next year we ventured into the building that houses Advance Distributors to see if there was anything we could find. Upon entering we found row after row of merchandise some of value and others not so much (kind of like a giant flea market). I met one the owners Vijay who told me they have been there since 1974. It was originally owned by his father and now he & his brother run Advance Distributers. He told me he would give me a discount, but much of the discount is volume driven and I didn't need to buy more of certain items. Unfortunately there wasn't much that we needed from the store & many of the items that were name brand items I have bought when on sale at other stores at lower prices.

"Hmmm. I only have twenty bucks, but I need incense, rainbow pencils that say 'Melissa,' a pair of…read moresocks, a three-pack of eyebrow razors, lint traps, and a set of flatware. What to do?" If that sounds like you, this is the place for you. That's doubly so if you want both absurd and designer fragrances at discounted prices. Once in a while, things cost the same as at a regular store (hello, seasonal candy), but generally these are Five Below prices. Some things are sold in bulk for even more savings--nag champa super hit is a steal here! I like to come here for packing and mailing supplies. Never spend $5 for a roll of packing tape again! Bubble mailers of all sizes are $1.50 for two! These are the exact same things you'd buy at the UPS store but without the steep markup. The staff is a whole lot friendlier, too. It's also good for coloring books--so cheap, and some kids just go right through them. Now, the downside. They sell out of things fairly often. The place is not beautiful. You get dollar store quality for many items with dollar store prices. There's often only one type of a given item, so if you don't like the color on hand, tough cookies. It's close to both the Lawrence and Pulaski buses, but not the train or bike racks, and parking a car can be a pain. Keep your expectations low and your mind open to have the best possible shopping experience here.