Wonderful as always. No outs today. Great day Love to shop…read moreWalmart from home . Rainey day who wants to go out when Walmart deliveries

Such a great find and some really cool stuff here. Their books are well priced and not too…read moreexpensive and on Fridays the kids can also get a free book $.50 or less. There is a cool little reading nook that I really appreciate it and they have a good furniture selection as well as plenty of shelves to see all the different glassware and things like that. All things considered the stores pretty well organized and I will definitely be going back here again soon if I can. Their books are SO ORGANIZED. Love this spot.

This place RULES. I love everything about it. Great deals. Rad music. Excellent selection of…read morevintage items in excellent condition! Outstanding customer service too. Feeling very special I can't wait to return and discover more unforgettable treasures! I'm so happy. Purchased two beautiful handmade purses, two vintage shirts, and an exquisite 3M Bookshelf Game that's over 60 years old and still looks BRAND NEW! How cool is that?

I have to - reluctantly - call this place out as being pretty lame…read more After exploring the only antique store in town, I decided to checkout a couple of thrift stores. I went to the Riverside Thrift Shop today. Apparently, it opened only a few months ago. Being fresh and new, by all rights, they should be totally on top of their game. 1) The main problem is it's too darn small. It's little more than one small narrow room. (I think my living room at home is bigger than this store!) As a result, there isn't much inventory...mostly garage sale type stuff...not enough to pick through and find something you might like. There's a HUGE warehouse in back of this building. If THAT was part of the store and filled with stuff too, you'd really have something great. But that's not the case. 2) The dude running the shop ignored us, never smiled, never spoke, and he was completely devoid of any customer service skills whatsoever. Not cool. This definitely sealed the deal and made me not want to ever walk through the door again. There always seems to be at least one crazy person shopping at every thrift store I go to, even a super small one like Riverside. Indeed, I came across one. There was a wild eyed lady buying a dozen ceramic ducks. Despite the sparse inventory, this woman had managed to locate every duck on the premises. She had a whole flock of ducks spread out on the counter. Pretty funny. Not worth the stop. -Daddy Maxx Retro

This is one of the saddest thrift stores I've ever been to. It's as if everyone stopped donating…read moreanything years and years and years ago. It's fairly small so I walked down every aisle. I took my son along who is 12 and can usually find something in any store that he must have. Nope, nothing. He wanted to go. This store is well organized, clean, and everything is well labeled. I didn't look at the prices since there was was nothing I wanted.

I happened here on a super sale evening and got some nice shirts really cheap. The women's clothing…read moreis not very exciting but the prices are great, even when not in sale. A good balance of clothes, housewares, books, and other stuff.

This is a fun little store. Always well decorated and lots of good buys. The books in the adult…read moresection are alphabetized making it easier to find the author you are looking for.

Out of the handful of thrift stores we visited today, I would say this one had the most pleasant…read moreatmosphere and was where we actually found a box full of items to go home with.

The St. Peter Thrift Store on Main Street is okay - 3 stars…read more After checking out the only antique store in town, I decided to explore a couple of the local thrift stores. This store is okay, I'd call them average - 3 stars. I wouldn't make a special trip but if I lived in the area, I'd probably drop in once in a while. The only thing that could bump them up, in my opinion, would be if they were a lot bigger and if they had a lot more stuff. They do a lot with the space they have. Everything is well lit, displayed well, and there's a nice variety of items. The staff member I spoke with was very friendly and helpful. The prices seem super reasonable. I've been looking for a kitchen clock and I found a nice wall clock for only one dollar! It's hard to go wrong for a buck. -Daddy Maxx Retro

I love this place----I find the cutest things and there prices are great and they have great…read morediscount days! Very friendly staff!

I recently visited Mankato and went into this antique shop. The owner was very friendly…read more Unfortunatly they are going out of business by November of 2015.They are having a clearance sale and if you are looking for good deals now is the time to get it. It is worth stopping in and checking it out.

Very nice quilt store: multiple lines of new fabric, lots of color variety, and very helpful…read morecustomer service. Easy to find and good lighting. Well worth the stop!

This is the second year that I have stopped in at this quilt store, and I have been quite delighted…read moreboth times. The store is very well lit, and has a very wide selection of fabric. It is wonderful to see fabric displayed so nicely, and bolts very easy to work with. The staff seemed very knowledgeable and very attentive, and I felt very at home. Don't miss the shop when you visit Mankato!

Stuff. Lots and lots and lots of STUFF. If you are a fan of mid-century modern, this place gets a…read moresolid "4". If you in search of antiques...not so much. Probably a "3". This quirky warren of rooms is in a converted nursing home a dozen or so miles north of New Ulm, MN (Yay Schell's Brewery!). It's nicely organized with rooms dedicated to more-or-less single subjects. "Kitchen", "Plates", "Chairs", and the mysterious "Men's Room". The latter is full of tools (anyone for 20 hand saws?), jars of nuts'n'bolts (you know those... "I may need this someday" jars"), drill bits. I suppose SOMEONE would think these are just "guy" things, but being married to a gal that grew up in a hardware store (see: Sauser's Hardware in Pine City), the "Men's Room" is kind of sexist. If you are outfitting a kitchen or a house on the cheap, this is a GREAT place to go. 20 blenders of various types. Microwaves. Pots'and'pans. Old stereo systems (I could have used one of those last month.) But I digress. The owner is a wonderful lady! We had a delightful time talking with her. She gets the goodies by buying out storage lockers and through clean-out-the-house estate sales. I can emphasize with the latter. When my Dad died a decade ago we had someone like her clean out his house. The things at Big Dog's look like they could have come out of his house. The place could use a serious edit. If you're willing to dig you'll no doubt find things that you Must Have (The beloved found a classic 1970's electric frying pan to replace her favorite that died two years ago. Goodbye Teflon-coated modern replacement!). To be honest, probably 90% of the stuff in Big Dog's could go to Goodwill or (gasp) the landfill and the rest that was there would be a LOT easier to sort through. I'd tell the owner (Sharon) that she'd make a bit more money if people could find things and not have to wade through the dreck. That said, the place is worth a visit. ESPECIALLY worth a visit if you collect mid-century modern. The house contents that have been piled into the rooms are pretty much from houses that were inhabited by folks from 1960 to 1980). If you take your time and carefully go through the rooms you're bound to find at least one or two things that you knew you just had to have.