My favorite record store in Portland, hands down. I wish I could give them more money than I do,…read morebut sneaking records past my girlfriend has become on par with breaking into Fort Knox. Pro-tip though, whether for yourself or someone else, a gift certificate to this place is Ah-mazing.
There are two ways to record shop: scour yard sales, antique stores, etc. with fervor, or go see the professionals that have already found great records in likely great condition and pay more for that service. Enterprise obviously falls into the latter category and 4 records, at least for what I usually find, can easily get to $60. Now, if you have a $40 GC and only need to drop $20? Awesome. Hell, maybe I'll just buy myself some $30 record because I can.
Now, some people say the owner can be rude, and I'd probably use the word curt, but even that was probably 1 or 2 occasions (we're all allowed to have bad days) and I've never found him to be overtly rude. He's also pretty old school... like he's probably literally been in the record selling/collecting business for at least 30 years. He's very knowledgeable and has always been happy to assist me, but know that this is not Newbury Comics or Tower Records (do those even exist anymore?). More than that though, I think his collection is unrivaled in Portland.
Visit the other guys too. The more records stores that exist the better and they'll certainly have things he doesn't, but if you can only visit a couple, make sure this is one of them. Hoping Enterprise lasts a lot longer in Portland.
