Irvings Toy and Card Shop

User Reviews of Irvings Toy and Card Shop

Yelp.com Review - by peggy c.

4.0 of 5 stars. Stared sketchily at the crowded window? Yea... that was me. Walked clumsily into the awning with her umbrella on rainy days? Um yea... that was me too. I must have walked past Irving's several...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Zev F.

5.0 of 5 stars. This place is the best taste of the old coolidge corner. An AMAZING candy selection, that you cannot find anywhere else in Coolidge Corner. This place is the Grandfather of birthday party gift bag...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Lynette S.

5.0 of 5 stars. I FINALLY had the opportunity to go in!!!Being a preschool teacher and a lover of all things cheap and/or old, this is my new spot! I love local businesses but sometimes it is a tough decision to go...
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Ana K.

3.0 of 5 stars. Irvings since 1937, same beautiful lady, and still going.is there anywhere to compare with Ethel!
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Aluminum Chefs, C and T.

5.0 of 5 stars. Yea Irvings!I used to go there almost every day after school (I went to Devotion next door) and Ethel used to sell these little hand-made baggies of Swedish Fish for a quarter. So awesome. To say...
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Erica L.

5.0 of 5 stars. All the sweet ass prizes that I ever wished I could find in a cereal box or Cracker Jack box are here, in this store. Did you need a pair of eyes for your hand or a plastic tiger? Here, you would get...
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kristine M.

5.0 of 5 stars. What a little gem. I felt like I need to take a time machine to get there. Candy, gum, games, cards...some of the toys were like the cheap plastic toys that at we'd get at the general store when...
yelp.com - user review - 12/09/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by jess b.

5.0 of 5 stars. My mom used to walk here on her way home from school when she was little, she then took me when i was little (often after we went to rubin's).the older woman who owns/works here is a sweetheart and i...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Theresa H.

4.0 of 5 stars. I know this place catches your eye every time that you pass. You know you want to go in, don't you?Mallo Cups, Charleston Chews, Now and Laters, Cow Tales. She's got those awesome candies that you...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachel M.

5.0 of 5 stars. When I was in Kindergarden my Grandpa used to take me here to get me little toys or an ice cream from the freezer. Over 20 years later Ethel still runs one of Brookline's most beloved little shops....
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2006
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What a sigh of relief

In the time of all the high tech toys and entertainment for kids it is so refreshing to see a toy store that is so down to earth and real. The toys there are real classics, lots of great small gifts a...
judysbook.com - user review - 03/19/2006
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Like a kid in a toy store...

...that's how you'll feel once you walk in. Even from the outside, the store brims with fun loving goodness. Some of the games/toys in the window look like they've been there forever, but once you w...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/16/2005
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An honest to God slice of the past, a treasure

Ethel Weiss has run Irving's since 1939. Irving was her husband. Ethel is now at least 94 and she happily wears a button that reads, "I love my customers." Irving's is maybe 10 feet wide and 30 f...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/15/2005
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