The Brown Elephant - Northalsted

Store is bright and clean, staff is beyond amazing 🤩 I have found some great things here. The price is amazing and it’s raising money for an amazing cause and space. My day gets better when I find time to swing over here. The intake donation workers always are helpful and happy also! I am very thankful that Chicago has this location and opportunity! ☀️

We loved this store, beautiful antique furniture items and clothing. Staff was wonderful and friendly. Books and records were on sale, bogo, when we went and we got lucky and found some old vinyl we were looking for. Also went back, before we returned home and got an awesome lime green mid century mod chair that I had my eye on.. we would go back to this area again, just for this store.

Excellent spot to donate your stuff ... and amazing stuff to buy!!!

Trying to donate a 2-year-old, perfectly good TV stand to this place has felt like trying to give away free gold to someone who refuses to open their front door. I’ve left voicemails, sent emails, and waited patiently. Crickets for the past two days.. No catch. Just take the damn thing.

Some excellent finds. Helpful and friendly staffs.

This store is great. You can find a good selection of clothes and shoes! They also have a big selection of books and CDs. The prices are pretty reasonable and affordable. They have a small jewelry section. They also have two available dressing rooms. The staff is nice. I found some great Mary Jane heeled ballet shoes that I've been wanting for the longest time. I can't wait to come back to shop here!

Great place to get quality furniture for affordable prices. I have also seen art and other gems here too.

Decent quality thrift place with VERY high prices. It is also very disorganized, with most items sorted by COLOUR! Clothes, colour. Books, colour. Books! It made it difficult to find anything, or I would get excited for a piece, only to see that it was a smaller size than needed, nestled up next to other items of a totally different size.

Easy to drop off donations to support an important organization. Convenient location on Belmont.

We had an amazing experience at this location. We were looking for a dining room table set and stopped in here on a whim. We immediately found what we were looking for. It was not priced but Jonathan provided us with an incredible deal we could not pass up. They also suggested an amazing delivery option. We are ecstatic and grateful. Thank you Jonathan and Freja for your exceptional customer service. The Brown Elephant is unmatched.

A lot of North side locals already know the brand for the Andersonville location built in a old theater. Recently the Brown Elephants's Lincoln Ave location closed which is smart because its low traffic. It's honestly a welcomed addition to the neighborhood. The lot was empty for a bit. You can expect similar offerings as the Lincoln Ave location being about the same approximate size. It's a very easily accessible area being at the junction of Clark, Belmont, and Halsted. Belmont station is down the street a block away. There's plenty of other clothing shops and restaurants in the area. It's honestly a nice Saturday to hit maybe the 5-6 vintage shop and grab some lunch at one of the many tasty restaurants in the area

It's not horrible for a thrift store, but the one on North Broadway is much better. They have a lot of furniture and a lot of clothing which I think is overpriced six or seven dollars for a worn T-shirt. They seem to just have the same DVDs and CDs and books. the books are hard to shop because they're organized by color of the spine, which you don't see that in the library or in a normal bookstore. If you're looking for a book, I guess it would help to know the color of the spine. they're pricing on Books is confusing. the sign says two for one, but it's only certain books so I checked out. The cashier certainly has a attitude. Makes me not want to go back.

Excellent service - very helpful, recommendations for delivery men. Modern and vintage furnishings decorative

Was accustomed to the Lincoln store (and before that, the Halsted Street store) and this one just isn't as nice. Staff is great but the selections are minimal and the quality of the products are not as great. Not sure whether the donations have changed in quality or whether the persons who screen the products and decide what to sell are different. There was a time when you could get high end products at great prices but since they moved to the West Belmont store this doesn't seem to be the case any longer. Too bad.

We are in the midst of furnishing a 2nd place in Chicago. I try to visit the Brown Elephant on Belmont a few times/week when we are here. The selection varies widely --sometimes I don't find anything. Other times, however, I've found exactly what I need at really good prices. Some examples of what I've found: a beautiful modern pitcher (for rum punch!) for $6, nice cocktail and wine glasses for $1-$2 apiece, assorted kitchen needs (e.g., ladle, measuring cup) for 50 cents, and new-looking plastic storage containers for $1.50. The staff are super helpful.