New City, Used Things

When it comes to thrifting, you will find places that you love and regularly visit, but it is also important and really fun to find new places as well. This weekend, Easter weekend, I am heading to Philadelphia with some friends instead of going home. And I thought, what better way to explore the city than to find new thrift stores I have never been to, full of things I have never seen.  I don't know anything about what places are good from anyone I know, but the internet is pretty handy when it comes to things like this. Before I go on my quest of new thrift stores this weekend, I decided to look up the best places and their descriptions. Some of these places are more consignment, while others are more thrift (I like a balance of both). When I was doing this research, I got the impression that many of the vintage consignment shops are more expensive in general, so I chose a balance of shops that seemed most interesting to me. 

1) Tucker's Dig's
                  This is an antique shop full of vintage jewelry, art, clothing, furniture, and has 5 stars on Yelp. It also has extremely low prices, and everyone raves about the array of items and the friendliness and helpfulness of the employees. 

611 S 4th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147

2) Retrospect
                   This is a similar store, more of a consignment store than thrift. It is vintage based, from magazines to clothes to kitchen supplies. Someone that left a review online even found a Christian Dior trench coat! It has a high rating of 4 stars, and everyone has great things to say about the store!

508 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147

3) Philly AIDS Thrift
                     This store is more of thrift store full of all kinds of things, not just vintage. I found out that they have separate rooms for different objects, like a Christmas room, or the "Dollar Land" room where everything is a dollar. It is big and full of things to dig through, and a great aspect is that the profits go to local organizations involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS. 

710 S 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147

4) Repo Records
                     This is a different kind of shop, focused on music, including records, CDs, DVDs, and other forms of music. They also have band shirts, ranging in how old they are and the prices, but in general the music selection is very cheap. 

538 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147

These are just a few of the ones that really stood out to me as places to check out, but this is definitely not a full list! And while these places seem to be successful and full of treasures online, it could be completely different for me if I go. Remember, when going about thrifting, sometimes you have to just try it out, and it might not work out immediately and it might not work out at all, but it is fun anyway. I haven't been to Philadelphia before, and I haven't been to a new string of thrift stores in a long long time, so this should be fun!