Black children are not safe here. Please be careful…read more "Two Chicago mothers say their daughters were racially profiled while shopping in Chinatown. For 10-year-old Mailynn Hall and 9-year-old Addison Wleh, who are Black, a trip to Chinatown had always been a monthly fun-filled experience. It is a place one of their families has shopped many times." The 10 year old girl was physically pushed out of the store after being wrongfully accused of shoplifting and forcing and threatening the children to empty their pockets which yielded nothing stolen, it is on camera, battery charges were filed. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/girls-say-racially-profiled-humiliated-chicago-chinatown/

CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS! They added an item I did not buy! Lady was RUDE and arrogant. Didn't even…read moreapologize and own up to her mistake.

Cluttered Fire Hazard! Old trim, old fabric, old yarn. Selling at insane high prices. Guy who runs…read morethe place isn't really friendly. We paid $40 to park for an hour to go here. What a waste. Will never go here again.

I'm not sure why there's so many negative reviews... Sure the store is packed, but digging through…read moreisn't so bad if you have the time. The wool, denim, and silk collections are really great. There's also some really beautiful and unique vintage patterns as well. If you have an idea what you're looking for ask the owner. Buddy (the owner) is extremely kind, knowledgable, and funny. Some of these comments about him are just plain rude. The store has been in business for 97 years and I hope it continues to be a staple in the loop. I also hope anyone that is interested will give this place a shot, especially if you'd like to support a local business.

Fast service. Excellent embroidery, can't beat the price for school shirts. Will def be back.read more

High quality work and a very communicative owner. Fair price and would go back for my future…read moreembroidering needs

My daughter dragged us inside and was in heaven when she walked in. She was overwhelmed by all…read morethat was in stock but that quickly wore off as she zeroed in on the albums she was looking for. No pics inside so wasn't able to get a snap of what's currently available.

There is a lot of options for kpop here. Like if you like nugu groups, they have it. A large…read moreselection of all groups from exo to nexz. The prices were definitely cheaper than ordering from the official websites. Although, some albums are definitely more expensive than others, but it's really up to the buyer and as someone with no impulse control I buy what I want in the moment so I spent about 50.00 total. I will say the service was rather quiet, which is fine if you don't like talking to people. But it's fine overall. Another note on prices, it could also be due to shipping fees but I don't know.​​

We came by for shea butter and was surprised to find that they pack it themselves! The lady was…read moreefficient and helpful. It's not a big shop but the use of space is great, with bright clothes, jewelry, incense and oils. I'd like to come back for a 'tunic' or top and some earrings. I will ask next time if the merchandise is authentic Senegalese; Goree Island is located in Senegal, known as the part of the slave trade, the last glimpse of the homeland for many slaves from the ships.

Looking for Africa Patterns, body oils and decors. I looked in Hyde Park, Beverly and Morgan Park…read more They all referred to come check out Goree Shop. I ran across this place and said!! Ahh!! The selections of fabric are huge. Plenty to choose from especially for men. I purchased 4 patterns for head wraps and Black soap bar. I'm definitely coming back

We still love visiting bookstores ... almost a lost art ... and this Barnes & Noble is a great…read morerepresentative of them. Situated in and old bank building on a six corners intersection in Wicker Park, this outlet had a great selection of books and puzzles, and stationary. While it has a nice selection of kids books, there is no area to read to them ... as you often find in other outlets. But being an inner-city retail establishment, one can understand. Parking can be a pain in this busy area, but it can be found. Still and all, this is a very nice retail bookstore, a slowly dying breed. Do visit here.

04/22/26 - What a great space. This use to be Walgreens, before that it was a bank. I'm so glad…read moreBarnes & Noble decided to use this wonderful space. This Barnes & Noble is on 6 corners @ 1601 N Milwaukee Ave where North Ave, Damen, Milwaukee Avenues meet. This is a beautiful space that was originally a bank. At some point Walgreens took the space and renovated it. After Walgreens left Barnes & Noble decided to make it into one of their stores. It's such a beautiful space. As you walk in at the corner of the 3 streets you enter into a beautiful 2 story space w/coffered ceilings, large vertical windows that flood the space w/a lot of natural light. In the center of this large volume of space there is a beautifully designed hexagonal skylight that is a masterpiece that floods the room w/natural light as well as providing a beautiful central feature within the coffered ceiling. This is really a wonderful space that Barnes & Noble has taken advantage of. It's beautiful space that has very limited seating. I guess they don't want to provide a library atmosphere still it would have been nice to have a few extra seats. On one side there is an escalator that goes up to the second floor loft space where you can look down on the first floor. One thing they put book shelves across the rail side which gives a limited visual down to the first floor. On a side note the bank & Walgreens both utilized the basement space where they had a large vault. Walgreens used it to put their nutritional products. Unfortunately Barnes & Noble has chosen to close of access to the basement which was a very cool space.

I have to update my review... I find their events system REALLY frustrating. Like... where are…read morethese events they advertise? The current issue is that they've advertised something on their Instagram, and they don't have a link to this particular event on their Instagram page. I asked a couple times before getting a response about where to find the event, and was told it's on the website. But the events section (which is at the bottom of the page, called Community Events in the small print where you usually look for contact info) has events from nine months ago because when I clicked on one that said April, it said that the event is completed. It should not be this damn hard to find events that they're advertising weeks in advance, nor having to ask multiple times a few days apart to get some sort of help. I had to use the search function to find the event, and that was successful only because I knew the name of it; if I was trying to browse what events they were hosting I would have been out of luck. They have a lot of good things going for them, but it's simply ridiculous that this is so difficult when literally any other company that hosts events has some sort of easily found, top-level link to them for people to find. When I finally did find the event and went to sign up, there's no time listed so I had to go back to Instagram to find it... make it make sense.

This is a great store that both my daughter and I like visiting. The merch is unique and fresh,…read morewith lots of great gift items. The sale rack is a real winner - small but mighty, got an adorable winter coat/parka at a good discount. Staffers and owner are helpful and friendly (style is more relaxed, let you do your thing, help as needed/asked). Free validated garage parking in the Roosevelt plaza/shopping center. While I can't speak to the events issues the one other review mentioned, I'll note that this is an independent, local children's shop that also hosts events - so while I hear the frustration, I'd suggest that event registrations/website sign-up issues shouldn't be the main basis for which they're judged. Check them out!

it's what you want from your local comic book shop. Great selection, knowledgeable staff and…read morefriendly people! You never know what treasures you are going to find in there!

This comic shop has a nice website and offered a comic that I have been looking for, so I ordered a…read morefew comics from them. That was on July 1st. My order was confirmed and my money taken. I requested for the order to be shipped, but it was flagged for pickup. Since I live in another state, this posed a challenge. But since I know a few people in Oak Park, I figured worse case I could ask them to pick up the books for me. By mid-July, I had not received notice that the comics were available for pickup or shipped, so I sent an email to the business to inquire about the order and waited 10 days before I received a response telling me that they had just relocated the store and that many items were placed in storage, but that he would check on the availability of the books or refund me. Another 3 weeks have gone by and I have yet to receive a response about my order nor have I received a refund. The owner just seems lazy and there seems to be no effort to take care of online customers. Long story short, buyers beware! I really want to support small businesses, but not ones that take advantage of customers by taking their money and not delivering paid for orders.