This is an absolute gem of a thrift store. Love that there's a decent size lot and I didn't have to…read morefight for parking. They have a wide variety of items from fine jewelry to the most eclectic goods. From the outside you wouldn't expect it to be as large as it is, but it does span through multiple rooms. Many areas/rooms have themes like holiday, clearance, collectibles, household goods. It is very well organized. Store is pretty strict on "no large bag/backpack" policy but all employees were very friendly and respectful carrying it out. This place is not at all overpriced and you can certainly find some affordable gems without looking too hard.

My go to thrift spot. Very good values, donates to good causes, and always sells pretty nice…read morethings.

This store is simply amazing for the train lover!…read more They have everything here that you will ever need. From vintage trains and accessories and tools that you need to repair them, to new trains and toys, paint and plays, this store is a throwback to when everyone collected trains. There's model kits, puzzles and modern toys for the little ones, I particularly loved the vintage section with some older models on display. It's time to just walk around here, i never knew that such a store existed.

Stop in here on a whim we were out for a drive and saw that there was a train and hobby store…read more What a hidden gem. My father was a train collector and he would have loved this store. This story reminded me of the train set up that my father had in our attic. So many trains and accessories , as well as cars, model kits, newer Breyer Horses, dolls, puzzles, and toys for young and old. I could have spent all day here and my husband had to drag me out.

Really great layout and a good selection of books. Great displays featuring a variety of titles.read more

Although I used to live in Chicago, I haven't visited this store in person. The review I'm leaving…read moreis for an online order! I typically try to preorder my comics online but haven't been able to do that in awhile (broke college student problems lol). That leaves me in an awkward position of trying to scramble to find single issues as they're coming out. I have a couple of comic book stores near me but I don't really like either of them and as a result I don't feel like driving twenty minutes. Sometimes if I'm having a hard time finding a comics, I will use their online sites to check inventory. I actually tried to have a pull list with one of them and literally gave them ten chances (not exaggerating). Stuff would be damaged, or show up several weeks late. And I'd have to remind them that I'd preordered a first printing. There's also an issue where some of the staff didn't know the differences in variant covers and would just give you whatever. No thanks, better to order online from a place with more experience and consistency. So that's what I do whenever I can order ahead. Unfortunately I have a little gap to fill now. I'm so glad Gem Comics was able to help me out with that! Seriously, Gem Comics must have excellent inventory! Because I found a few of the hard to find issues (Runaways miniseries 3+4, first printing of USM #19 and the C variant for issue #1 of Strange Tales) at the top of my list. In the past I've ordered indie stuff from them that I couldn't find elsewhere. For example, after borrowing an indie series called The Hunger and the Dusk at my local library, I knew that I wanted to add the single issues to my collection. Then I had a hard time finding those six issues. I remember that I ordered a couple of them from Gem Comics! When I say that those four issues I just recently ordered are hard to find, I mean that I checked with my two local stores first. I also checked Graham Crackers, and the big store I regularly use on the West Coast. Neither of them had these four issues that were really important to me. I also really appreciated the shipping- both the shipping options and the shipping speed. The shipping option I chose (Ground Advantage) is one dollar cheaper than the flat rate shipping offered by GCC and you get a tracking number. Then, like I said, there's also the incredible speed of this store. I received an email saying that my items had been prepared for shipment not even ten minutes after my order confirmation email had come through. Then my package was at the post office the next morning. This was extremely impressive to me! The West Coast store I typically use sometimes takes forever to get my package out... even if I email them a week or two in advance. Let's say that (for example), I emailed them on September 17th to tell them I'd like a package sent out in two weeks- including the 10/1 releases. They'd respond to me quickly and make it sound like it's no problem... but then my stuff wouldn't have actually started its journey until Sunday 10/5 or Monday 10/6. (I've only stayed at that store because all preorders are guaranteed to be high on the comic grading scale). I wish I had known about this store when I still lived in the Chicago area because I would've been excited to go check it out! If you're looking for something tricky, I'd highly suggest you consider ordering from their online store.

Excellent store. Worthy of a visit. Excellent online presence as well. Not sure what some of the…read morenegative comments were really about. Exchanging hobby electronics to a store in 2026 is a ridiculous expectation. The manufacturers carry that burden.

My favorite hobby shop. Easy to order and to preorder items from them. They also have the lowest…read moreprices and carry a large selection of locomotives.

This review is based solely on the nostalgic Lanzi's "Cashew Nut & Rice Crunch" that I ordered from…read moreThe Uptown Shop! Back in the 70's & 80's, my parents always used to buy these & we loved them! Then suddenly, they just disappeared from store shelves. Well, many years later, Lanzi's is BACK!!!! You can order them from the Uptown Shop. I just got a box in the mail. Flavor-wise it's REALLY CLOSE to the original (they had to reverse-engineer it because the recipe was lost after Elmo Lanzi passed on & production of the candy stopped). But man, it is pretty darn close & still tastes DELICIOUS!!!!

Cute shop with some really beautiful holiday items, especially the hand-blown glass ornaments…read more Picked up a few treasures on deep discount today as they are moving shop and were clearing out inventory. They are relocating a few doors south, in the space previously occupied by the toy store.

This is a good store to go to if you're shopping for calendars. Make sure you go when they are…read moreheavily discounted. I went today and it was 75% off. We were able to get two calendars for $6.73. Besides calendars, they also have puzzles, board games, etc. I recommend checking them out. Just a FYI, they do open later than some of the other stores. On Sundays, they opened at noon. Service was good. It's located close to the kiddie haircut place.

I was very surprised to find a toy store of this size at the mall and I was amazed at the amount of…read morepuzzles they have. This could be a very dangerous store for me to shop in. They had such a huge selection of puzzles and there were other toys as well but I didn't really care about them myself. I spent some time looking through most of the puzzles they had and found quite a few that I would love to have. While I was checking out the puzzles the gentleman working the store came up to tell me that the sale on the. puzzles didn't start till the next day but they had put all the signage out earlier that day. I found this kind of sad as there were quite a few people in the store clearly shopping the puzzles and looking to buy some for the buy one get one for 50% off. As I was trying to not buy anything for myself really this trip I may not make it back during the sale but this is one of the few stores in the mall that I could probably enjoy shopping at. The only downside was putting signage out early which is misleading to the customers and the gentleman himself was a bit gruff. Not really the type that I expect to find in a toy store.

Amazing stuff!! The couple that owns the store is knowledgeable and very congenial! Merchandise…read morechanges a lot too! Prices are really reasonable. Give it a shot...you won't be disappointed!

Friendly staff and largest selection of hot toys in area. They're responsible for at least half of…read moremy collection and I would highly recommend.