Giving Back - ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STOREOur Contributions We want to support the incredible organizations and the folks who do good work in our community. ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE | Urban General Store, Inc. makes annual and semi-annual contributions to the following: 100% of our profits from our Black Lives Matter and Trans 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-u...
Celebrating Selmarie12/26/2024 We are excited to announce a specialty ornament—just in time for the holidays—honoring Café Selmarie exclusively available from ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE and Urbangeneralstore.com! Order online and ship anywhere in the US or PICK UP for FREE at either ENJOY Location in Chicago. 4/26/2024 This weekend we say goodbye to the beloved Café Selmarie at 4729 N. Lincoln Ave in Chicago as co-founder Birgit Kobayashi retires after 40 years in business. For ENJOY’s founder, Rebecca Woo...
Give Dad a GurglePotThe GurglePot was selected as one of 15 last-minute but cool gifts for your dad (who is impossible to shop for) by the Los Angeles Times Gift Guide. Mandy Patinkin’s delight over the gurgling glug of his new is our NEW FAVORITE THING. According to Julia Carmel, "there is a video of Mandy Patinkin, the dad of all dads... he’s pouring water in and out of his bright green GurglePot and looks absolutely giddy, snorting and cradling his pot like a small baby as it makes its signature bubbling ...
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 ...
Announcing 3 Ways To Shop at ENJOY in ChicagoAs Chicago has entered Phase 3, our retail stores will now be open to the public for limited hours with reduced capacity this summer. We will continue to offer (and encourage) our FREE CURBSIDE PICKUP option—place your order online and pickup within a day or two at the ENJOY location of your choosing (ENJOY Lincoln Square or ENJOY Andersonville). CURRENT CURBSIDE PICKUP and IN-STORE SHOPPING HOURS ENJOY Lincoln Square (4723 N Lincoln Ave) TUESDAY - SATURDAY 12:00pm-4:00pm ENJOY Andersonville ...
Summer Is HereAmid the thunderstorms and weather changes, summer officially has arrived. We are willing it to stay here at ENJOY with summer swimwear for the kiddos and summer scarves to keep the bugs away. However, one, ok, two of our favorite things about summer here in Lincoln Square are: the Farmers Market and Concerts in Giddings Plaza. Tuesdays and Thursdays I, undoubtedly, “forget” to pack a lunch for work and have to wander through the market for sustenance. It’s not hard. And I will rave about...
Giving Back - ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE
Our Contributions We want to support the incredible organizations and the folks who do good work in our community. ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE | Urban General Store, Inc. makes annual and semi-annual contributions to the following: 100% of our profits from our Black Lives Matter and Trans 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-u...
Celebrating Selmarie
12/26/2024 We are excited to announce a specialty ornament—just in time for the holidays—honoring Café Selmarie exclusively available from ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE and Urbangeneralstore.com! Order online and ship anywhere in the US or PICK UP for FREE at either ENJOY Location in Chicago. 4/26/2024 This weekend we say goodbye to the beloved Café Selmarie at 4729 N. Lincoln Ave in Chicago as co-founder Birgit Kobayashi retires after 40 years in business. For ENJOY’s founder, Rebecca Woo...
Give Dad a GurglePot
The GurglePot was selected as one of 15 last-minute but cool gifts for your dad (who is impossible to shop for) by the Los Angeles Times Gift Guide. Mandy Patinkin’s delight over the gurgling glug of his new is our NEW FAVORITE THING. According to Julia Carmel, "there is a video of Mandy Patinkin, the dad of all dads... he’s pouring water in and out of his bright green GurglePot and looks absolutely giddy, snorting and cradling his pot like a small baby as it makes its signature bubbling ...
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 ...
Announcing 3 Ways To Shop at ENJOY in Chicago
As Chicago has entered Phase 3, our retail stores will now be open to the public for limited hours with reduced capacity this summer. We will continue to offer (and encourage) our FREE CURBSIDE PICKUP option—place your order online and pickup within a day or two at the ENJOY location of your choosing (ENJOY Lincoln Square or ENJOY Andersonville). CURRENT CURBSIDE PICKUP and IN-STORE SHOPPING HOURS ENJOY Lincoln Square (4723 N Lincoln Ave) TUESDAY - SATURDAY 12:00pm-4:00pm ENJOY Andersonville ...
Summer Is Here
Amid the thunderstorms and weather changes, summer officially has arrived. We are willing it to stay here at ENJOY with summer swimwear for the kiddos and summer scarves to keep the bugs away. However, one, ok, two of our favorite things about summer here in Lincoln Square are: the Farmers Market and Concerts in Giddings Plaza. Tuesdays and Thursdays I, undoubtedly, “forget” to pack a lunch for work and have to wander through the market for sustenance. It’s not hard. And I will rave about...
