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The Alley

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Local(773) 871-3900

3222 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60657

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The Alley
Local(773) 871-3900

3222 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60657

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User Reviews of The Alley

Yelp.com Review - by Alex R.

1.0 of 5 stars. I really hate to give this place a bad review, but I've been coming here for at least 10 years and it has really gone down hill. At least it used to carry some good stuff back then, and now it's just...
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by AMG S.

3.0 of 5 stars. "Sticks and stones may break my bones but whips and chains excite me" should be this store's marketing slogan when the radio advertises it to the public.There is clearly a sadomasochistic element to...
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Kelly W.

5.0 of 5 stars. I went in here with one of my friends at about 10:30 last night after we decided that another tattoo would be a good idea! Rick took care of me. he was really nice, and my two little paw prints on my...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Mr. C.

1.0 of 5 stars. Your dirty laundry needs to be aired.
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Damon J.

4.0 of 5 stars. They have some cool shirts and belt buckles. Worth checking out if you like shit with skulls on it. (Who doesn't?)
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Bryan C.

2.0 of 5 stars. I've come here quite a few times and was always greeted warmly (perhaps because of my doc marten's and patched/studded punk biker jacket). However, I haven't been here in ages because this place is...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Taryn P.

2.0 of 5 stars. I went into the Alley on a whim. I had saw an ad for it online and on a bench a couple times and thought I'd stop in. I wasn't greeted well. Even though I was in all black (mainly because I just love...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Isis N.

3.0 of 5 stars. The owner of the Alley got back to me to me right away. Was very sweet.... Will def be returning. Thank you for your help
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Lauren M.

5.0 of 5 stars. ONLY regarding the piercing studio:This is the only place I will go to get pierced. I've gotten facial piercings from both of the Scotts, and have been incredibly impressed both times. They maintain...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Linda B.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is not far from where I live and it's allure has called me back again. I picked up more cool under-things and I had to buy these panties just for some of the hateful people that have been...
yelp.com - user review - 03/15/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jaki B.

2.0 of 5 stars. An overpriced, gentrified punk mall for tourists and teens who don't know better. Back in the day when it was just one room that you entered through the alley it was perhaps the shit then, now it's...
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Kyle D.

5.0 of 5 stars. ive been coming here for a while now. sure they have/had some employees that sucked. well no store is perfect. but now that they have the new tattoo shop im there all the time. im friends with the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris J.

1.0 of 5 stars. The Alley is it's own joke. The Alley can be your punk rock headquarters where you can get a shirt from some band that broke up three years before you were born that some crap band is going to...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by megan s.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place blows,plain and simple. EVERYthing is over priced INCLUDING the jewelry,clothing,accessories etc. "If you really feel you must fit into such a scene and have not been able to find yourself...
yelp.com - user review - 12/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Annie P.

4.0 of 5 stars. one more star for the great follow up from the owner. Nice customer service!! Thanks!!!
yelp.com - user review - 12/19/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Matt W.

3.0 of 5 stars. The Alley, although only a tiny fraction of its former self, stands as one of the few reminders of the counter-culture neighborhood that used to thrive near Clark & Belmont. Before the yuppie...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by min. r.

3.0 of 5 stars. It is what it is. Overpriced, surly-too-hip-for-the-room employees, standard rock/ironic shirts, weird masks, mass produced jewelry, etc. But there's a few gems tucked away in there (Metalocalypse...
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Shannon D.

5.0 of 5 stars. I'm visiting from LA and wandered in, remembering that I saw some hot ass shoes here when I visited 2 years ago. To my surprise and delight, they now have a small tattoo parlor in the front....
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Giselle G.

2.0 of 5 stars. This Place was hip when I was in 9th Grade. Not so much anymore...I still make the occasional stop to the Alley to see the interesting overpriced crap and laugh at the whole scene.
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Iliana C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yah, I'm a tourist and don't live in Chicago but this was probably the best place I saw in Chicago. If I lived in Chicago and they added a bar I could see myself hanging out here all the time. The...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Angelena H.

5.0 of 5 stars. Kickass for all your cool shopping needs! A bit pricey but they have it all! Great staff. Check out the piercing shop too! REALLY professional!
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Amaliya L.

5.0 of 5 stars. Hell yeah 5 stars. There is no store anywhere in the city of Chicago or even in the Midwest that offers the selection that the Alley does. I've traveled across the US, and I'll even go as far as to...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jenna R.

2.0 of 5 stars. As with most other reviewers, this place is entertaining at best. My biggest problem with the store is that they try to appeal to consumers by saying that their clothing is "unique," when it is just...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Stef B.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place has definitely become a tourist attraction and a place for 'tweens who are just getting into the good stuff. I will shop here every now and then when I have visitors... but you can find...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Stella Y.

4.0 of 5 stars. Come here for funny "alternative" T-shirts and garb...Nipple rings, toe rings, nose rings, whatever...incense...this is a great place for alternative products. Just browse. The staff are like...
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Marissa P.

2.0 of 5 stars. This place pisses me off because they never have any of the t-shirts or posters they have on display. That and all of their shit is overpriced. The shoe sales are ok I guess. You might find A pair...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jessica S.

2.0 of 5 stars. I used to love you in my high school goth phase and then I grew up and got a job and a life. And now you're the second coming of all that is trendy, emo, and cheesy. What happened? I'm tired of...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Brenna O.

2.0 of 5 stars. The Alley gets two stars for entertainment value, but I would never buy anything there because the prices make you laugh out loud. If you want anything goth, fetish, punk, emo - WHATEVER, that's what...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Paul C.

2.0 of 5 stars. Back in high school my friends and I would trek out here from the burbs to by t-shirts emblazoned with our favorite bands like Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, etc. We'd buy Doc Martins and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Matt K.

4.0 of 5 stars. So a bunch of people out there just saw me give this place a four star rating and are now getting all pissed off and saying things like "Dude, the Alley is like Hot Topic!" and "No real punks go in...
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Virginia T.

2.0 of 5 stars. I agree whole-heartedly with the other reviewers that said that this place was cool when I was 13 and is just like a Hot Topic only not a national chain.I haven't been there in a while now, mostly...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Barbara D.

4.0 of 5 stars. I can't believe this place gets such crappy reviews. I thought everyone was a fan of the alley. Guess not. When I was a teen and I would come here with my little friends....the place scared me.Now...
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris S.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place is essentially for tourists and suburban kids. People who are actually involved in punk/hardcore/goth/whatever don't shop here.That being said, when I was 13, this place was pretty sweet....
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by carolynne r.

2.0 of 5 stars. This place could make Clinton and Stacy of "What Not to Wear" implode from the sheer volume of "DON'TS".One extra star, however, for a cute pair of emergency sunglasses I bought a few years for $10...
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Brett C.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place used to be decent until Hot Topic rolled into town. Now they are having trouble competing and are only offering the most corture punk/metal/goth apparel (an oxy moron don't ya think?)I used...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Vanessa K.

2.0 of 5 stars. Their radio commercials are annoying as hell... And I'm sorry, but stocking your store with overpriced CBGB teeshirts and plastic bongs just doesn't make you cool... "A" for effort, though...This...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Linda P.

4.0 of 5 stars. If you ever meet me you would be very suprised to find out that yes I like gothy and punk stuff. Or maybe you wouldn't be, but my appearance says otherwise. The Alley has a decent selection of leather...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Carlos R.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place is really over priced. Even the fucking work shirts are like 15 bucks. They think they havent sold out just because they dont have a chain of stores. This is what Hot Topic would look like...
yelp.com - user review - 02/27/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jennifer V.

1.0 of 5 stars. Are you kidding me? I thought Hot Topic was bad until I went to the Alley. I love their shoes but Jesus I make more money in a day than those punks make in a week and they make you pay for your...
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Adam M.

3.0 of 5 stars. at first i though it was just a store for woman, but my brothers friend was in town and we went,. i went back and bought a pair of black creepers shoes for 48 bucks and i love them. i want to get...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by emi o.

1.0 of 5 stars. OVERFUCKINPRICED.I'd rather drag myself to hot topic. It makes me think they're just catering to the yuppie spawn that want to be alternative and will bust out 150$ of their parents cash on some...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael P.

1.0 of 5 stars. If you're 12 or 13 years old, mad at the world, and from the chicago suburbs... this is what heaven looks like to you. when you hit 14 your mind will change. this rule is universal, however there...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Carly F.

2.0 of 5 stars. This place will always hold a special spot in my heart for when Belmont and Clark was the "punk" hangout. I'm sure it was reiterated 500x, but who could forget the "Belmont and Clark...if you dare."...
yelp.com - user review - 01/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kristen F.

3.0 of 5 stars. SO, I'm not a 12 year-old girl who wants to give my mother a stroke by buying studded belts and "crazy" belt buckles and overpriced t-shirts but I still kind of like the alley.I mean I'm 26 and a mom...
yelp.com - user review - 01/20/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Marisa R.

2.0 of 5 stars. Sure, I was once of those loser high school kids that thought it was cool to shop at a hardcore punk place and "be seen" on the northside by other squares wearing an "I Fucked Mick Jagger" shirt with...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jillian G.

1.0 of 5 stars. Ok, so there was a time and a place for the Alley. But, for fucks sake. This place is like a sick, old, one legged horse that just needs to be put of its misery. There was a point in my life when I...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Christine H.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'd give this place 5 stars if it wasn't so expensive. I love how it has a bunch of different sections like the leather jacket section, pipe section, band tees section, girls clothes, boys clothes and...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Katie H.

1.0 of 5 stars. Thanks Q101 (remember those awful "Yelling Guy" commercials? "BELMONT AND CLARK! IF YOU DARE!!") for making sure that all of young, emo suburbia descends upon Lakeview. You're not fooling me, kid...
yelp.com - user review - 12/13/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by C. S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Visited for the first time in twelve years the other day and all I can say is, wow, has this place improved.When did they start hiring nice people??? What's up with that? I can remember walking in...
yelp.com - user review - 11/18/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jenny R.

2.0 of 5 stars. "Isn't life a blastIts just like living in the pastWe go downtown to do our shoppingAnd we live in SuburbiaAnd I sayHa ha ha ha ha ha ha haHo ho ho ho ho ho ho hoHe he he he he he he heHa ha ha ha ha...
yelp.com - user review - 11/16/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael S.

5.0 of 5 stars. i love this place! i really wished i had one of these where i grew up. i love the selection o t-shirts of any band or movie you could think of. halloween is an awesome time to shop at the alley too. i...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by John S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Leather and spikes, candles, heavy metal t-shirts, plaster gargoyles .. what a cool store! This store is not for your typical Betty Winnetka. This is store has grit, for those who can tolerate a...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by John D.

5.0 of 5 stars. REVIEW OF PIERCING COUNTER ONLY:For body piercing and jewelry, I go see the two Scotts at The Alley. These guys are good, know their stuff, and are no nonsense when it comes to putting the needle to...
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Ann C.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place is the run-down evil step child (or rather, step-grandma) of Hot Topic.It always smells like feet, they don't let you carry your bags in, and the merchandise hasn't changed since the early...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Sharlene K.

3.0 of 5 stars. The piercer here is actually a really great guy, polite, and knowledgeable and he's the only reason why I'm not giving this place a star.This place is basically like every head shop that litters the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Tom B.

4.0 of 5 stars. Well sometimes fashion is a risk but I miss those days... It's hard to be a 30 something punk because you always get young people at the punk clubs calling you the creepy old dude that should get a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Joseph M.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place is horrible. It's only upside is that it can give you ideas and once you have them, shop some where else. Most of their stuff is fake, or made of poor quality. It's not worth buying...
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Morgaine B.

1.0 of 5 stars. DISPLEASED. If you asked me when I was 12, and my mom was punk, I would have been like FUCK YEA the Alley.Now, not so much.Now, the employees will bitch you out for carrying any goods between stores,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jef B.

2.0 of 5 stars. I gotta agree with other reviewers, what a load of overpriced crapola.Not even well displayed. Yuk. I can handle staff with attitude but I have no other reason to come here, except my fiancee likes to...
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Bradley M.

4.0 of 5 stars. I remeber the Alley when it was actually in the alley, and they had a few t-shirts, combat boots, and leather motorcycle jackets.They now sell some of everything.They have a very nice selection of...
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Anna M.

3.0 of 5 stars. I've found some neat goodies in here before, but for the most part The Alley is an attraction for tourists looking for an alternative to the mag mile. (OH, PUN!)Damn near everything is over priced....
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Rick V.

1.0 of 5 stars. I grew up in Chicago and first visited here back in the mid-to-late '80s, probably around the time you could actually run into Billy Corgan or James Iha putting up Smashing Pumpkins flyers on the wall...
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by shawny w.

2.0 of 5 stars. Overpriced. Is pretty much is the problem with the alley. I love band tshirts but would NEVER buy one from there. I can buy the same joy division or b lack flag tee online for alot cheaper than the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by steve c.

3.0 of 5 stars. The alley is a goth/punk clicky store. it has changed a lot so I am not sure how to rate/review. Caters to the teenage whats in market. Not sure if they still have it but they had cool columns and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Phillie P.

3.0 of 5 stars. This is my "not-much-of-a-review" review.Back in the late 80's they sold skateboards.There ya go.
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Bruno A.

2.0 of 5 stars. Yes, it's for total posers but look where it's located. Think they'll be a lot of squatter punks and anarchists hanging out after the Cubs game? It's ridiculously marked up and you have to enjoy...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Alz J.

1.0 of 5 stars. PUNK AS FUCK!!!! ThE CaSuALtiES!! NAZi PUNKS FuCk OfF! I feel kind of embarrassed for the people that work here. The bf and I came in to check out the shoes. I snapped a shot of him browsing amidst a...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Alice L.

2.0 of 5 stars. If you would have asked me ~10 years ago, I would have told you I LOVED the place. The had pretty inexpensive clothes, shoes I always wanted, and the sales assistants were actually nice. Now, this...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Ren Y.

1.0 of 5 stars. The Alley sucks. Straight up.Regardless of how "hard core" or "normal" you are, the employees are extremely rude to you. They obviously don't discriminate. There is an acception though. [There...
yelp.com - user review - 05/13/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Patrick W.

1.0 of 5 stars. I'll give them this: they know their clientele- high school kids who want to be goth, punk, or somewhere in between and have a wallet full of their parents' hard-earned cash to blow on overpriced...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Ms T.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place is awful. Its like the Grandfather of "Hot Topic". Decide that you are goth? Go here to get your outfit. Decide that you are punk? Go here to get your outfit.I think it might have...
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Ross B.

1.0 of 5 stars. The reference section of your local library is more punk than the Alley.
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Rose M.

5.0 of 5 stars. How times have changed! I remember shopping here in my 20's when the store was the size of a shoebox at Broadway and Surf! The store is quite large now and spreads around the corner with many new...
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jennifer k.

4.0 of 5 stars. I find it laughable that people compare this store to Hot Topic. This store is the original thing. I don't think that there's anything like it except for Trash n Vaudeville in NYC. Back in the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Neil A.

2.0 of 5 stars. Little to nothing appeals to me about this place. It's funny that the stuff people mainly come here for is way overpriced, but the tacky stuff that no one could possibly have a use for is way cheap....
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Shane H.

1.0 of 5 stars. Meh. Can you be less than one star? So I have been in Chicago for two years now and I have been dreading my appearance here. I wish I would have waited longer. I agree with Jennifer D in that I...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Alexzandra A.

2.0 of 5 stars. Might as well go to Hot Topic, it's cheaper and its the same stuff.
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jason L.

3.0 of 5 stars. I picked up a wicked pair of jackboots for $30 only because there was a shoelace-eye missing. For, you know, whenever I want to jump out of a helicopter or drive a tank. That's my flavor, but they...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachel H.

2.0 of 5 stars. Meh. I went here in high school all the time when I thought I was too cool for school. I also had a crush on some dude with pink hair that worked here. That said, nowadays everything here is...
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Frank R.

2.0 of 5 stars. The Alley just might be one of the most over-rated destinations in the Chicagoland area. Everyone knows the famous "If You Dare!!" slogan that they have, and sadly I've dared too many times already....
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Patty V.

2.0 of 5 stars. The Alley circa 2007 is NOT the same as it was in the 1980's & '90's. It was a place where you could get a used leather jacket for cheap and find unusual stuff that was not available any place else....
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Alicia M.

4.0 of 5 stars. when i moved to chicago my boyfriend took me to THE ALLEY. I found it to be a pretty cool store..but again like any other shop its to expenisive for my taste. Im more of a Vintage shoper..im not going...
yelp.com - user review - 11/29/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Lizzie S.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place sucks. Everything's overpriced, and everyone thinks they're so cool for shopping here. Uck.
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Megan S.

2.0 of 5 stars. Everything in here was way too overpriced for me. Also, it didn't seem like I could find anything I would wear, and I'm usually into black clothing and anything like it. It didn't seem like there was...
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Mark S.

1.0 of 5 stars. I have childhood memories of sneaking into the other alley location that existed in the 70s, in Woodfield Mall (!) and gawking at the bongs! They had the coolest metal tread-plate floor- I sooo...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Paige S.

5.0 of 5 stars. The Piercing Studio:I have found the piercers here to be very knowledgabe and helpful. Personally if I'm going to get holes poked in me, I want to have it done by someone who really knows what they...
yelp.com - user review - 07/10/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by ed j.

2.0 of 5 stars. i have to say,i m open to all kinds of ppl and individuality...but here...sales ppl are those jerks who give u attitude if you dont look or dress like them.coz u know, they're sooooo cooolll...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Sharin F.

2.0 of 5 stars. HEEHEEHEE I worked here for a week once! They were kinda mean to me and kept calling me the "normal Munster" I guess wasn't UNDERGROUND and CUTTING EDGE enough dudes! Everything is seriously...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Jena D.

2.0 of 5 stars. I would have loved this store when I was 14. From my experience the piercers are mean and rude and very snotty. I used to work in a studio several years ago poking holes through people and when I...
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Becky P.

2.0 of 5 stars. Back in the day, I used to come here to be cool. Now, I walk by and wonder how they get away with charging so much.
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by nizzi b.

3.0 of 5 stars. I guess we can blame the angsty teenybopper inferno that is hot topic on these guys. I love the layout of the store, you feel like you've been held captive in some punk dungeon. Three stars for...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by gravy m.

3.0 of 5 stars. People (especially teenagers) are always gonna want cool "rebellious" sort of clothes and jewelry, and if they are not creative, then they have the Alley to go to (or hot topic I suppose). This is...
yelp.com - user review - 11/29/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike H.

2.0 of 5 stars. The Alley is basically just a big Hot Topic store, full of suburban high school kids with green-hair and leather jackets spending all of their allowance on lip rings to piss-off their rich parents....
yelp.com - user review - 11/14/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Michelle W.

3.0 of 5 stars. Although I tend to pop in every once and again, I really don't find much of anything. I bought a pair of shoes here once and they were at a good price, but things tend to be a bit on the hardcore...
yelp.com - user review - 10/10/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Liliana S.

3.0 of 5 stars. The Alley is a trademark of Lakeview. If you're into the whole S&M, gothic look, then you will definitely find something here that will appeal to you!! Personally, I just like browsing and looking at...
yelp.com - user review - 10/01/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Valerie S.

3.0 of 5 stars. I was a little creeped out by this place. Eventhough it was interesting and they had really fun shirts. They have a wide variety of leather here.
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Michelle F.

3.0 of 5 stars. My husband bought his leather jacket here, but I don't think we'll go back. More than a little on the eccentric side, this is not the kind of place I'd want to hang around. Lots of leather and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Ren H.

3.0 of 5 stars. This is a pretty fun store, when you're not creeped out by all the vulgar stuff and gothic statues.. the room to the left when you walk in has great stuff like wooden flower displays, bamboo, incense,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Jason S.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is a cool place if you want funny T-shirts, anything having to do with punk music and attire, and/or weird ass clothes in general. They use to sell some movies there but they stopped for some...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Raedy P.

3.0 of 5 stars. Yawwwwwn. Manic panic hair dye. Leather jackets. Doc martens. I thought this place was cool when I was 15. And living in Indiana. Now I realize it's not. They still got attitude there. You gotta visit...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Bill M.

3.0 of 5 stars. This longtime establishment has been selling funky and alternative stuff for years, and you can't miss the gargoyles on the top of the building.
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by A.S. V.

2.0 of 5 stars. The Alley is such an institution from back in the heyday of Chicago punk that it should be a historical landmark. Walking in I feel as if it's like a museum -- nothing has changed really in the last...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Christine R.

4.0 of 5 stars. I used to like the Alley alot, now I find it way over priced and a little cheesy. But I still stop here because the shoe selection is fantastic and the sales are great. I've bought a pair of shoes...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by bill s.

4.0 of 5 stars. The Alley has always been one of the main things that has brought me out to Chicago to visit, although it was once even cooler than it is today, it still remains an awesome place. It's like a...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Richard D.

4.0 of 5 stars. A real eye-opening experience. Browse through several smaller shops that sells T-shirts, leather, lingerie, and adult toys. We recommend the cigar shop. You cant beat the selection and the prices! A...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2005
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