Thrift Stores in the Chicagoland Area

Thrift stores are an excellent alternative to spending a lot of money at department stores, or malls. And, often times, you can find brand name, gently used, or new clothing. Also listed below are second hand furniture stores. Try saving money by visiting a thrift store! You never know what you might find…

1.       Salvation Army Thrift Store

Address: 4141 W. North Ave.

Phone: (773) 342-2068

2.       Pulaski Thrift Store

Address: 1115 N. Pulaski Rd.

Phone: (773) 227-8327

3.       Affordable Threads Thrift Store

Address: 4022 W. Armitage Ave.

Phone:  (773) 360-8665

4.       Unique Thrift Store

Address:  4441 W. Diversey Ave.

Phone: (773) 227-2282

5.       Angelitos Thrift Store

Address:  1051 N. California Ave.

Phone:  (312) 645-3743

6.       American Thrift Store

Address: 2875 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Phone: (312) 645-3743

7.       Family Thrift Store

Address: 2160 N. Milkwaukee Ave.

Phone:  (773) 394-1115

Distance:  2.3 miles

8.       Thrift Store

Address:  3012 N. Central Ave.

Phone: (773) 622-2400

9.       Unique Thrift Store

Address:  3748 N. Elston Ave.

Phone:  (773) 279-0850

10.   Family Thrift Store

Address: 2527 W. Cermak Rd.

Phone: (773) 847-4420

11.   Brown Elephant

Address: 217 Harrison St., Oak Park

Phone: (708) 445-0612

 

Places to Buy Furniture

1.       Lubinski Furniture Sales

Address: 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Phone: (773) 276-2835

2.       Praha

Address: 3849 N. Lincoln Ave.

Phone: (773) 549-1227

3.       Discount Mattress (50-75% off)

Address: 9539 S. Cicero Ave. Oak Lawn

Phone: (708) 782-4913

We would like to thank our classmate Sarah E. for this valuable information!

 

Finding Affordable Clothing and Other Household Items

Goodwill stores are a second-hand, thrift store which sells clothing for men, women, and children, shoes, hobby items, books, kitchen appliances, furniture, electronics, and a variety of other items.

The Goodwill mission is: Goodwill Industries International enhances the dignity and quality of life of individuals, families and communities by eliminating barriers to opportunity and helping people in need reach their fullest potential through the power of work.

Most Goodwill stores introduce more than 2,000 new items every day into their inventory mix on the sales floor. So if you don’t find what you’re looking for today, your best bet is to check back the next day. All items are gently used, and affordable.

Goodwill has locations all over the Chicagoland area, a few are:

Elmhurst

675 West North Avenue
Elmhurst
(630) 516-0319

Riverside

1900 Harlem Ave # A
Riverside
(708) 442-3606

Chicago

1201 West Washington Boulevard
Chicago
(312) 563-1187

Always call ahead to ask about the hours, since hours vary by store. Also, to find a Goodwill close to you, use the Goodwill store locator on their website: http://www.goodwill.org/

An alternative to visiting a Goodwill store is to shop online, at Goodwill’s online auction store. The prices on the auction site are higher than prices in the store, but still affordable. You will need to set up a user ID, and password and you can do that by clicking the “sign in” tab.

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/