Happy BFCM-SBS+GT!Happy Black Friday, Plaid Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday! This is our World Series, Super Bowl and World Cup all in 5 days! Add in the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday, and it is a GRAND SLAM! Both ENJOY Chicago locations will be open on Small Business Saturday from 10am-7pm. Our first 50 customers will get a chance to pick a card that could be a discount code for our online store, or a Gift Card for in-store. Either way, everyone wins!! Why not!? Then you c...
What's Popping Up at ENJOY... Join us for an Indie Pop-Up at ENJOY Andersonville. Sunday, June 12, from 12pm-6pm, we will have makers, bakers, and artists in our store from 12pm-6pm to sell their wares! If you're coming to #AndersonvilleMidsommerfest on Sunday, be sure to stop by and support these independent entrepreneurs! ENJOY Andersonville will be hosting monthly pop-ups supporting Independent Queer, BIPOC, and Female Identifying makers, bakers, and artists. If you're interested in popping up with us please...
Back To School & Back To WorkBackpacks, bags, totes, lunch boxes, slings and fanny packs to lighten your load and help you Get Back To It. The Write Stuff is a collection of pens, pencils, markers, erasers, notebooks, journals, planners and more Back To School goodies! Activities, games, toys and crafts to help make kids' days at home and at school interactive, educational and FUN! Desk accessories and WFH gags that put the FUN in OFFICE FUNctional (and, sometimes, NSFW disFUNctional).
Ready for Holiday ThymesThymes Frasier Fir and Illume Balsam and Cedar are the Scents of the Season. Shop for candles, diffusers and room sprays, soaps, hand sanitizers, lotion and home cleaning products that will make your home smell like a winter wonderland. Available online from Urban General Store and ready to ship anywhere in the US for $8.95, or you can get them at both ENJOY Chicago locations. Thymes Fraiser Fir scent is mountain fresh and glowing with the aromatic snap of crisp Siberian Fir needles, hearte...
WWOB? (What Would Oprah Buy)Oprah's released her list of favorites things and... WE AGREE! She's featuring some of our favorite brands like Corkcicle, Musee and Compendium and some of our similarly-themed favorite things, too.
Organize Your Home (Or Don't)Today is National Organize Your Home Day. With apologies to all the professional organizers out there (some of whom are our friends), we think the last thing one wants to do on a cold Friday in January is organize the home. Especially not when MERCURY IS RETROGRADE! Honestly, if you haven't organized your home in the past two years, is it going to happen today? But maybe you would like to complete a just one thing. We hear you. Here are some suggestions of what you could do instead of org...
Mandy Patinkin’s Favorite ThingMandy Patinkin’s delight over the gurgling glug of his new GurglePot is OUR new favorite thing. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mandy Patinkin & Kathryn Grody (@mandypatinkin) Want to be delighted like Mandy? Get your own GurglePot today. Or send one to someone in your life who could use a little joy. A rainbow of colors are available.
A New Way to Give the BEST GIFT EVERAnnouncing our BEST GIFT EVER Gift Packages Available exclusively online and at ENJOY Squared, our holiday pop-up shop in Chicago, the BEST GIFT EVER Gift Packages are curious curated collections of 8 themed boxes of fun. Each is filled with our best selling items, packed with decorative fill in a gift box with colorful label, and a tag on the outside with a space for a TO:/FROM: message—ready to give. BEST GIFT EVER Gift Packages are perfect for: Secret Santa Gifts White Elephants Hostess ...
Send an #InstaValentineHappy Valentine's Day! You didn't forget, did you? If you did... and live in Chicago... we still have lots of great gifts and cards in-store at ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE. We're open until 7pm tonight (Thursday, 2/14) at 4723 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625. If you're reading this at 7:01pm, we have one more option for you: Send an #InstaValentine Just copy the photo below and insert your face. Then text, email or post it to social media and tag your sweetie (we'd love...
Snow Day SaleIn Chicago, the groundhog is covered in 10" of snow. But we're pretty sure there's more winter to come... We were snowed-in yesterday, so we discounted 100's of items on sale for a limited time. Discounts on great gifts in every category. Art & Inspiration Kitchen Baby & Kids Jigsaw Puzzles Books & Journals Socks Cards & Notecards Toys & Games Home & Office Winter Accessories Jewelry Holiday Items Sale price...
Happy Galentine's DayOf course we love Valentine's Day... we're a GIFT SHOP! But our 3rd favorite February holiday (after Lincoln's Birthday) is Galentine's Day—a day to celebrate friends. What is Galentine's Day? According to Leslie Knope (played by Amy Poehler) on NBC's "Parks and Recreation" tv show, "Oh, it's only the best day of the year... we just come and kick it, breakfast-style. Ladies celebrating ladies. It's like Lilith Fair, minus the angst. Plus frittatas....
Oh Ship! Order for Christmas now.Just a few days left to order for Christmas Delivery via our $6.95 flat-rate Priority Mail shipping! Order by Wednesday, December 19, for expected delivery by Monday, December 24, 2018, via USPS Priority Mail Flat-Rate Shipping. Most orders ship within one day. Need expedited delivery? UPS 2nd Day Air Delivery, USPS EXPRESS MAIL, and UPS Next-Day Air may be available. Price varies by shipping address and products ordered. Options will be displayed at checkout. Check out our HOLIDAY SHIPPING D...
The Year That Was 2020 - Part Three: Are FingerHands Essential?🤚View this post on Instagram A post shared by Urban General Store (@urbangeneralstore) One could argue that people NEED a set of FingerHands, but apparently Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot disagrees. So, beginning in March 2020, as non-essential retail, we were able to have an employee in our stores but not allowed to let the public inside. Gratefully, a majority of our customers were making the best of it by shopping online and scheduling curbside pickups. ...
The Year That Was 2020 - Part One: Piecing It Back Together 🧩Like most people on this planet, we've been looking back and reflecting on the past year. It was such a strange time of uncertainty and unknowns. In addition to people who were personally ill and infected, there were so many people who were dealing with sick friends and family members. And many others were suffering financially. One year ago this week in March 2020, Illinois issued a stay-at-home order and we temporarily closed our two retail locations in Chicago, ENJOY Andersonville and ...
Our #TopNineWe love reading year-end "Best of" lists and have been delighted to see all the "Top Nine" photos of the year on Instagram. We had an amazing year at Urbangeneralstore.com and we can't wait for what 2019 will bring! Wether you’ve been a customer for 10+ year or just found us, we think you’re the BEST of the BEST! Get 10% off our Best Selling Products for a limited time. Use coupon code "TOPNINE" at checkout. Read the fine print below for the fine print. 10% off cou...
PRESIDENT'S DAY FLASH SALE!Get 20% off our Political Whimsy Gifts. Use coupon code "PREZ". Valid online only for one day, Monday, 2/18. SHOP NOW >>
ENJOY Andersonville on the Always Andersonville PodcastENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE was featured on the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce's Always Andersonville Podcast! Stephanie (of Urbangeneralstore.com) and Lizzy (of ENJOY Andersonville) chatted about doing your shopping now via appointment shopping with ENJOY or online, Puzzles vs. Coloring Books, their favorite gifts and what ENJOY's longest running, best selling gift is. Hint: it YODELS! Listen to the episode or at alwaysandersonville.podbean.com. Photos: Jamie Kelter Davi...
ENJOY our birthday 🎂It's our birthday... but we wanna celebrate you! 🥳 We opened our retail store, ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE, in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood in 2005.After 14 years we are excited to tell you that we are just getting started. We can't wait to share what we have planned for the year ahead. Stay tuned Every year at this time we like to reflect on where we started and offer gratitude for how we've grown thanks to you—our customers and friends.Every time you choose to #s...
What's On Your Summer Reading List?Are you a book lover? If so, we crack open a book to you! There's still a little bit of summer left to read a good book. Shop our new non-fiction books, guided journals, picture & board books for kids, and notebooks. Plus, limited quantities of books on sale. SHOP NOW >>
The Andersonville InsideWalk SaleVisit us in Chicago for Deals and Steals! The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce's annual InsideWalk Sale is back this weekend, March 26-28. Join us and our retail neighbors as we make way for spring by clearing out winter merchandise. We will be featuring deals and steals on overstock, dinged and scratched and less than perfect but still functional items for $10 and less. Shop in person, safely, for great discounts or shop online for exclusive sales. Our ENJOY Andersonville location at 53...
Happy Women's History MonthMarch is Women's History Month. We join in commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history—especially the contributions of black, indigenous and women of color. BOLD WOMEN RULE! Ambitious Girl Book Brave Girl You Can Do Hard Things Cozy Blanket
Mother's Day Gift Guide - Perfect PairsWe've done the work for you! Our best-selling items paired with the perfect Mother's Day Card. Shop our complete collection of Mother's Day Gifts and Cards. For the Queen Mum... For Busy Moms... For Grateful Moms... For Badass Moms... For Flowery Moms... For Mama Bears... For Saucy Moms...
BREAK OUT THE PLAID, FALL IS HERE!Have you been longing for crisp air, changing leaves, and all of the apple and pumpkin spiced things you can get??? Well, fall is here, and at ENJOY that means Apple Fest! Did you know there are more than 8,000 varieties of apples? Yes! Will they all be on display at Apple Fest? Probably not, because that’s a lot of apples! But you can count on plenty of apple pie, cider, and all sorts of apple treats to abound at Apple Fest. If you want to make your own apple pie you’ll need about 2lb...
COVID-19 Store Closures in ChicagoWe have decided to temporarily close our retail stores to the public beginning Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This has been a very difficult decision to make, but think it is the best thing for the health and safety of our employees and our community as we try to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and #flattenthecurve. Please join our email list. Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter for up-to-date information. Please continue to shop online at www.urbangeneralstore.com. We do hope that ship...
Happy BFCM-SBS+GT!
Happy Black Friday, Plaid Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday! This is our World Series, Super Bowl and World Cup all in 5 days! Add in the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday, and it is a GRAND SLAM! Both ENJOY Chicago locations will be open on Small Business Saturday from 10am-7pm. Our first 50 customers will get a chance to pick a card that could be a discount code for our online store, or a Gift Card for in-store. Either way, everyone wins!! Why not!? Then you c...
What's Popping Up at ENJOY...
Join us for an Indie Pop-Up at ENJOY Andersonville. Sunday, June 12, from 12pm-6pm, we will have makers, bakers, and artists in our store from 12pm-6pm to sell their wares! If you're coming to #AndersonvilleMidsommerfest on Sunday, be sure to stop by and support these independent entrepreneurs! ENJOY Andersonville will be hosting monthly pop-ups supporting Independent Queer, BIPOC, and Female Identifying makers, bakers, and artists. If you're interested in popping up with us please...
Back To School & Back To Work
Backpacks, bags, totes, lunch boxes, slings and fanny packs to lighten your load and help you Get Back To It. The Write Stuff is a collection of pens, pencils, markers, erasers, notebooks, journals, planners and more Back To School goodies! Activities, games, toys and crafts to help make kids' days at home and at school interactive, educational and FUN! Desk accessories and WFH gags that put the FUN in OFFICE FUNctional (and, sometimes, NSFW disFUNctional).
Ready for Holiday Thymes
Thymes Frasier Fir and Illume Balsam and Cedar are the Scents of the Season. Shop for candles, diffusers and room sprays, soaps, hand sanitizers, lotion and home cleaning products that will make your home smell like a winter wonderland. Available online from Urban General Store and ready to ship anywhere in the US for $8.95, or you can get them at both ENJOY Chicago locations. Thymes Fraiser Fir scent is mountain fresh and glowing with the aromatic snap of crisp Siberian Fir needles, hearte...
WWOB? (What Would Oprah Buy)
Oprah's released her list of favorites things and... WE AGREE! She's featuring some of our favorite brands like Corkcicle, Musee and Compendium and some of our similarly-themed favorite things, too.
Organize Your Home (Or Don't)
Today is National Organize Your Home Day. With apologies to all the professional organizers out there (some of whom are our friends), we think the last thing one wants to do on a cold Friday in January is organize the home. Especially not when MERCURY IS RETROGRADE! Honestly, if you haven't organized your home in the past two years, is it going to happen today? But maybe you would like to complete a just one thing. We hear you. Here are some suggestions of what you could do instead of org...
Mandy Patinkin’s Favorite Thing
Mandy Patinkin’s delight over the gurgling glug of his new GurglePot is OUR new favorite thing. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mandy Patinkin & Kathryn Grody (@mandypatinkin) Want to be delighted like Mandy? Get your own GurglePot today. Or send one to someone in your life who could use a little joy. A rainbow of colors are available.
A New Way to Give the BEST GIFT EVER
Announcing our BEST GIFT EVER Gift Packages Available exclusively online and at ENJOY Squared, our holiday pop-up shop in Chicago, the BEST GIFT EVER Gift Packages are curious curated collections of 8 themed boxes of fun. Each is filled with our best selling items, packed with decorative fill in a gift box with colorful label, and a tag on the outside with a space for a TO:/FROM: message—ready to give. BEST GIFT EVER Gift Packages are perfect for: Secret Santa Gifts White Elephants Hostess ...
Send an #InstaValentine
Happy Valentine's Day! You didn't forget, did you? If you did... and live in Chicago... we still have lots of great gifts and cards in-store at ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE. We're open until 7pm tonight (Thursday, 2/14) at 4723 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625. If you're reading this at 7:01pm, we have one more option for you: Send an #InstaValentine Just copy the photo below and insert your face. Then text, email or post it to social media and tag your sweetie (we'd love...
Snow Day Sale
In Chicago, the groundhog is covered in 10" of snow. But we're pretty sure there's more winter to come... We were snowed-in yesterday, so we discounted 100's of items on sale for a limited time. Discounts on great gifts in every category. Art & Inspiration Kitchen Baby & Kids Jigsaw Puzzles Books & Journals Socks Cards & Notecards Toys & Games Home & Office Winter Accessories Jewelry Holiday Items Sale price...
Happy Galentine's Day
Of course we love Valentine's Day... we're a GIFT SHOP! But our 3rd favorite February holiday (after Lincoln's Birthday) is Galentine's Day—a day to celebrate friends. What is Galentine's Day? According to Leslie Knope (played by Amy Poehler) on NBC's "Parks and Recreation" tv show, "Oh, it's only the best day of the year... we just come and kick it, breakfast-style. Ladies celebrating ladies. It's like Lilith Fair, minus the angst. Plus frittatas....
The Year That Was 2020 - Part Three: Are FingerHands Essential?🤚
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Urban General Store (@urbangeneralstore) One could argue that people NEED a set of FingerHands, but apparently Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot disagrees. So, beginning in March 2020, as non-essential retail, we were able to have an employee in our stores but not allowed to let the public inside. Gratefully, a majority of our customers were making the best of it by shopping online and scheduling curbside pickups. ...
The Year That Was 2020 - Part One: Piecing It Back Together 🧩
Like most people on this planet, we've been looking back and reflecting on the past year. It was such a strange time of uncertainty and unknowns. In addition to people who were personally ill and infected, there were so many people who were dealing with sick friends and family members. And many others were suffering financially. One year ago this week in March 2020, Illinois issued a stay-at-home order and we temporarily closed our two retail locations in Chicago, ENJOY Andersonville and ...
Our #TopNine
We love reading year-end "Best of" lists and have been delighted to see all the "Top Nine" photos of the year on Instagram. We had an amazing year at Urbangeneralstore.com and we can't wait for what 2019 will bring! Wether you’ve been a customer for 10+ year or just found us, we think you’re the BEST of the BEST! Get 10% off our Best Selling Products for a limited time. Use coupon code "TOPNINE" at checkout. Read the fine print below for the fine print. 10% off cou...
PRESIDENT'S DAY FLASH SALE!
Get 20% off our Political Whimsy Gifts. Use coupon code "PREZ". Valid online only for one day, Monday, 2/18. SHOP NOW >>
ENJOY Andersonville on the Always Andersonville Podcast
ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE was featured on the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce's Always Andersonville Podcast! Stephanie (of Urbangeneralstore.com) and Lizzy (of ENJOY Andersonville) chatted about doing your shopping now via appointment shopping with ENJOY or online, Puzzles vs. Coloring Books, their favorite gifts and what ENJOY's longest running, best selling gift is. Hint: it YODELS! Listen to the episode or at alwaysandersonville.podbean.com. Photos: Jamie Kelter Davi...
ENJOY our birthday 🎂
It's our birthday... but we wanna celebrate you! 🥳 We opened our retail store, ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE, in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood in 2005.After 14 years we are excited to tell you that we are just getting started. We can't wait to share what we have planned for the year ahead. Stay tuned Every year at this time we like to reflect on where we started and offer gratitude for how we've grown thanks to you—our customers and friends.Every time you choose to #s...
What's On Your Summer Reading List?
Are you a book lover? If so, we crack open a book to you! There's still a little bit of summer left to read a good book. Shop our new non-fiction books, guided journals, picture & board books for kids, and notebooks. Plus, limited quantities of books on sale. SHOP NOW >>
The Andersonville InsideWalk Sale
Visit us in Chicago for Deals and Steals! The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce's annual InsideWalk Sale is back this weekend, March 26-28. Join us and our retail neighbors as we make way for spring by clearing out winter merchandise. We will be featuring deals and steals on overstock, dinged and scratched and less than perfect but still functional items for $10 and less. Shop in person, safely, for great discounts or shop online for exclusive sales. Our ENJOY Andersonville location at 53...
Happy Women's History Month
March is Women's History Month. We join in commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history—especially the contributions of black, indigenous and women of color. BOLD WOMEN RULE! Ambitious Girl Book Brave Girl You Can Do Hard Things Cozy Blanket
Mother's Day Gift Guide - Perfect Pairs
We've done the work for you! Our best-selling items paired with the perfect Mother's Day Card. Shop our complete collection of Mother's Day Gifts and Cards. For the Queen Mum... For Busy Moms... For Grateful Moms... For Badass Moms... For Flowery Moms... For Mama Bears... For Saucy Moms...
BREAK OUT THE PLAID, FALL IS HERE!
Have you been longing for crisp air, changing leaves, and all of the apple and pumpkin spiced things you can get??? Well, fall is here, and at ENJOY that means Apple Fest! Did you know there are more than 8,000 varieties of apples? Yes! Will they all be on display at Apple Fest? Probably not, because that’s a lot of apples! But you can count on plenty of apple pie, cider, and all sorts of apple treats to abound at Apple Fest. If you want to make your own apple pie you’ll need about 2lb...
COVID-19 Store Closures in Chicago
We have decided to temporarily close our retail stores to the public beginning Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This has been a very difficult decision to make, but think it is the best thing for the health and safety of our employees and our community as we try to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and #flattenthecurve. Please join our email list. Please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter for up-to-date information. Please continue to shop online at www.urbangeneralstore.com. We do hope that ship...
