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  1. 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 >>
  2. 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).
  3. Happy Sweet 16 ENJOY Our retail store, ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE, opened 16 years ago in Chicago's Lincoln Square. We are so grateful for the support of our friends, family, neighbors and customers over the past sixteen years. We couldn't have done it without you. We are so grateful. How it started... How it's going... Thank you for making the past 16 years so sweet. Take our customer survey and give us input on how the next 16 should look!
  4. Fourth of July Hours 2021 Both ENJOY Chicago locations will be open for the Fourth of July Holiday (Sunday, 7/04 and Monday, 7/05). ENJOY Andersonville will be open 12 pm — 4 pm, Sunday 7/04, and Monday, 7/05. ENJOY Lincoln Square will be open 12 pm — 4 pm, Sunday 7/04, and Monday, 7/05. Our Urbangeneralstore.com website offices will be closed. Orders placed over the weekend will ship out Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Online In-Store Pickup orders placed before midnight, Sunday, July 4, will be available for pickup on Mond...
  5. 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 ...
  6. 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. ...
  7. The Year That Was 2020 - Part Two: The New Normal 🧼😷 Following Illinois's mandatory stay-at-home order in March 2020, we temporarily closed our two retail locations—ENJOY Andersonville and ENJOY Lincoln Square. Like most Americans (and EARTHLINGS), we were scared and uncertain. People were getting sick, we were worried about our families, our jobs, toilet paper, and... HAND SANITIZERS and MASKS Suddenly we noticed that all of our novelty (yet still effective at killing 99.99% of germs on contact) hand sanitizers were selling out. The stress...
  8. Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Hours It's the most wonderful weekend of the year! THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEKEND HOURS FOR BOTH ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE LOCATIONS 2023 Thanksgiving ThursdayCLOSEDBlack Friday / Plaid Friday10 AM - 7 PMSmall Business Saturday9 AM - 9 PMSunday10 AM - 6 PM ENJOY Andersonville 5307 N Clark St (between W. Berwyn Ave and W. Summerdale Ave), Chicago, IL 60640 ENJOY Lincoln Square 4723 N Lincoln Ave (between Lawrence Ave & Leland Ave), Chicago, IL 60625 Phone: 773-334-8626
  9. 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...
  10. Happy Black History Month Celebrating and commemorating the culture and contributions of African Americans throughout history and today! ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE and Urbangeneralstore.com will donate 100% of our profits of our Black Lives Matter products to Brave Space Alliance, the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, dedicated to creating and providing affirming, culturally competent, for-us by-us resources, programming, and services for LGBTQ individuals on the South...
  11. Wrap-Up Mother’s Day Gift Shopping Wrap-Up Mother’s Day Gift Shopping with SPECIALTY GIFT WRAPPING. We have gifts for all types of mothers—SWEET MOMS, SASSY MOMS, NEW MOMS, WORKING MOMS and GRANDMOTHERS. Don’t forget the Mother's Day Card!
  12. A Little Spring Cleaning Isn't it a good time for a little spring cleaning? A strange year caused all of our usual buying and merchandising and restocking to be, well, a little bit weird. The good news is that we are ready to have a SALE. Shop now for great deals on winter accessories, masks, jigsaw puzzles, home and office gifts and more!
  13. Express Yourself This Valentine's Day Valentine's Day is THIS Sunday, February 14 Why not surprise your lockdown lover or quarantine cutie with a specialty Valentine's Day Card. Or send a message of love across the miles to a family member or friend. We Ship/You Write or You Type/We Write Our cards are available to send individually, ship with a gift, or for in-store pickup in Chicago. We can send the cards to you so you can handwrite your own message. Or enter the personalized message in the space on the product page a...
  14. President's Day Flash Sale '21 If you are of a certain age, the phrase... "I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill" will cause the most wonderful earworm. The 1976 Schoolhouse Rock! animated short taught a generation about the legislative and lawmaking process. The How to Become President of the United States 500 Piece Double-Sided Jigsaw Puzzle from Galison has the same edu-tational spirit as Schoolhouse Rock! It is on sale for a PRESIDENT'S DAY FLASH SALE for 46...
  15. As Seen on Chicago Sun Times The Grid We were absolutely thrilled to welcome Ji Suk Yi and The Grid to our ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE location in Lincoln Square. She picked out some of our favorite items including the XL Wine Glass, Taco Socks, and the I Am Enough Book. My favorite shop to buy gifts in is Enjoy, An Urban General Store. Think fun, funky, eclectic and functional gifts for every person you know! The independent store has been open since 2005 and offers gifts for all ages (baby and children included). I love the...
  16. Holiday Shipping Deadlines OH SHIP... December is here! Orders are not guaranteed for delivery by December 25. Check out our HOLIDAY SHIPPING INFO for estimated time in transit and more detailed info. Delivery times do vary based on the shipping location. An order shipping within Illinois or other parts of the Midwest are typically there within a day or two while shipping to California or the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast shipping can be four or more days in transit. But please remember to give us at 1-2 business...
  17. Small Business Saturday in Lincoln Square in Chicago Thanks to Nate Rogers of Fox 32 Chicago for stopping ENJOY Lincoln Square on #SmallBusinessSaturday. Customers DO love our MUGS, JIGSAW PUZZLES and GREETING CARDS.
  18. Frightful Friday Facebook Live Show Featuring Laura Doherty This year ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE is excited to present Laura Doherty in a Facebook Live Halloween Show on Friday, October 30, 2020, at 10:30am. Get more info at Facebook.com/ENJOYChicago. Laura Doherty is a nationally touring children's recording artist and award-winning producer with an ear for a catchy melody. She acoustically rocks your kid’s world with her breezy folk-pop tunes for the whole family! Laura Doherty's award-winning CDs are available in-store at ENJOY, AN URBAN...
  19. 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...
  20. Always Andersonville We are excited to participate the the 2020 Andersonville Chamber of Commerce's Holidays With Intention campaign. This year, more than maybe ever, small businesses need you! PLEDGE LOCAL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON Shop with Intention. Dine with Intention. Celebrate with Intention. Self-Care with Intention. Here in Andersonville, we are determined to Spend the Holidays with Intention for the 2020 season, making a conscious effort to choose local now more than ever before. If you would like to se...