The most ardent thrifter i've ever known once described this store as a place the hipsters hadn't found yet. Now that i've finally gotten around to visiting it three years later, i think that may still be true. I went at peak hipster thrifting time, Saturday afternoon, and the store was uncrowded, populated mainly by normal people.

My first visit was spent looking primarily at furniture (nothing really strange or cool, but a lot of good solid stuff), computer equipment (they had a Commodore 64), and records. At that time, there was practically a whole wall full of records, and i scored a most useful morse code training record. The records have now been replaced by books on that wall (hell of a lot of books, actually), but there's still a decent number of records in some bins which make for easy browsing.

This store is smaller than its new neighbor, thrift world, but is well worth a trip, so don't spend all of your energy and cash over at the store you deserve. there's one section of the store completely packed with things that sprout electrical cords, and most conveniently, a power strip within easy reach to test them out on. kudos to whoever came up with that idea.

If you are more familiar with this store than I am, please write and tell me what you know. here's the salvation army web site