haystack vintage
Open over at 2934 N Broadway from 12-8pm
contact: Haystackvintage@gmail.com
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Haystack Vintage is 1 year old! We’re growing up so fast. Come celebrate with us at our Great Big Anniversary Sale happening August 1st through 9th. All merchandise is 10%-50% off! See you there!
We are having a big spring cleaning sale on the weekend of April 25th and 25th! It would be the perfect time to snatch up that thing you’ve been eyeing!
haystack vintage on CBS
Took a lazy walk through Lakeview to get an old find framed at Four Sided and there, standing before me on the way out the door, stood a six-foot lighted marquee screaming my favorite word of all time…VINTAGE. It called me right in off the street to see what was hiding inside. Low and behold, I’d found Haystack Vintage (2934 N. Broadway, 773.549.1225). It is the cleverest of new shops around, boasting everything old (save for a few hip new T-shirts). The shop is tricked out in retro chairs, old books, drinking glasses, and side tables, as well as cool jewelry, clothing, and, when I was there, a banana-seat Schwinn. A gem from Phil Tadros (who owns several coffee shops in town) along with his former employees/investors John Mokate and Erin Liston. Scoop up what you find because the well-priced offerings change weekly.
– BARRI LEINER
from Metromix
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A vintage shop with artistic displays that could vie with the coolest of boutiques, Haystack debuted without fanfare in Lakeview in late July. Local apartment-dwellers are already storming the place for its affordable chairs and dressers, but the always-changing inventory covers everything from retro collectibles to bikes to clothing, thanks to an always-on-the-hunt staff and a variety of suppliers and consigners.
Characteristically colorful mid-20th-century relics such as a mint green Zenith TV, a turquoise sewing machine and a mustard-yellow fondue pot feature on jam-packed tables, while for-sale antique armoires, trunks and suitcases also serve to display finds such as ladylike gloves, floral neckties and funky lamps. Mixed in among vintage wares you’ll find a few new treats, mostly by local artists found on indie online marketplace Etsy, such as clever graphic tees by Isotope, crocheted jewelry by Kate Pryor and retro-inspired sustainably made undies by Under The Root. Display cases near the rear of the store show off new and vintage jewelry, plus an adorably diverse collection of salt and pepper shakers in shapes such as hamburgers, flamingos and ice cream sundaes.
The people behind Haystack are even more interesting than its contents. Local entrepreneur Philip Tadros, who also owns coffee shops Dollop and Noble Tree, partnered with employees John Mokate and Erin Liston to tread into the vintage resale biz. Tadros loves nothing more than to take over businesses or start up new ones; his first was Don’s Coffee Club in Rogers Park at age 19. It was while running Evanston Wireless years ago that he met and befriended 70-something twins with an outstanding collection of vintage wares, which served as the core stock for Haystack’s opening. Local artist Brian Heiser is behind the shop’s brilliant displays, which include floating juxtaposed picture frames, dangling paper cut-outs and a dozen books with pages folded intricately folded into sculptural designs,
Note: The store officially has a phone number (listed above), but as is often the case at Tadros’ cafes, it’s rarely answered, if not unplugged.
Shopping
Time Out Chicago / Issue 179 : Jul 31–Aug 6, 2008
Just opened
Haystack
Photo: Juhyun Baik
Like a needle in a… You never know when a couple of strangers will change your life. Take 29-year-old Phil Tadros, for instance. A few years back, he was working in a mobile-phone storefront, helping Geri and Rosalie, a set of 70ish-year-old twins, pick out new cell phones. It took them three days to choose, so Tadros developed a friendship with them, during which he learned about their massive collection of vintage clothes and antiques. When the twins decided it was time to part with their goods, they turned to Tadros. Voila, Haystack was born. In addition to old-school clothes, the Lakeview shop also features new graphic T-shirts by Isotope (two for $30) and a growing collection of Schwinn bikes with banana seats. “It’s like Anthropologie meets the Brown Elephant,” Tadros says. 2934 N Broadway at Oakdale Ave (773-549-1225).
— Kevin Aeh
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/shopping/44501/haystack
