Love is Love Candle Benefitting Equality IllinoisJust in time for Valentine’s Day we are excited to be partnering with District and RAPWAX to offer the Love is Love Hand Poured Soy Candle. $2 from every candle sold will be donated to Equality Illinois. The sale of these candles supports the platform in which Equality Illinois stands for – envisioning a fair and unified state where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and where all people live freely regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. District...
Back To School - Illinois Tax HolidayIllinois State Sales Tax Holiday August 5, 2022, through August 14, 2022 The state sales tax holiday is a ten-day period during which consumerscan purchase certain clothing and school-related items and pay salestax at a reduced rate. The state’s portion of sales tax due throughout theholiday is reduced by 5.00% to 1.25%. Check out our selection of Back to School Items. Items include qualifying clothing and footwear with a retail selling price ofless than $125 per item and certain school suppl...
COVID-19 Store Policy Changes and Shipping UpdatesThank you to the customers around the country who have chosen to support our small business. We are a company, comprised of people. Like you. Trying to figure this all out! On March 21, 2020, we closed our two retail Chicago locations in compliance with the Illinois Stay-At-Home mandate. At that time, we switched to 100% online sales—adding all of the inventory in stores to the website. As a stroke of some good luck, we had received a large order of jigsaw puzzles at the beginning of the mont...
Contactless Curbside Pickup-July 2020Urbangeneralstore.com is currently offering Free Contactless Curbside Pickup at BOTH of our retail locations in Chicago, ENJOY Andersonville and ENJOY Lincoln Square. As Chicago has entered Phase 3, our retail stores will now be open to the public for limited hours with reduced capacity. Click here more information about In-Store Shopping. PLEASE ALLOW 24-48 HOURS FOR FULFILLMENT. Simply fill your cart online at select one of the locations at checkout. Please allow 24-48 hours (Tuesday-Fri...
New Masks by MaggiePopsWe are excited to offer additional sizes and styles of our handmade, high-quality masks by MaggiePops—a collaboration of local mother, Heather, and her twin daughters. MaggiePops masks started with Heather and one of her 11 year old daughters began to sew cotton masks in early March—following the initial Illinois stay-at-home order. Originally made for neighbors, family and friends, the family created the masks and sold them as a fundraiser and donated the proceeds to support the World Health...
Meet The Makers - Albert Tanquero of The FoundJoin ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE for a series of in-store events that celebrate local makers and chefs and support area non-profits. We are hosting a meet and greet with Albert Tanquero of The Found on Thursday, November 8, 2018, from 6 to 9 pm, so be sure to stop in! Light appetizers will be generously provided by neighborhood favorite Café Selmarie, and drinks will be served. A portion of the evening’s sales will be donated to a non-profit organization chosen by our featured guests The F...
Polar Vortex SaleChiberia? Wind Chillinois? Whatever you call it, it is cold! Due to record-setting cold temperatures in Chicago, our retail store, ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE, and Urbangeneralstore.com operations will be closed on Wednesday, January 30, and Thursday, January 31.Stay safe and warm and shop at home! We are offering some hot deals online with our Polar Vortex Sale.Put us to work (and warm us up). Get FREE Standard Shipping thru 01/31/19–just enter promo code "POLARVORTEX" at checkout....
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...
Holiday Shipping DeadlinesOH 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...
ENJOY Andersonville Goes Back To SchoolVisit ENJOY Andersonville on Saturday, August 13, 2022, 10am-7pm, for the Andersonville Back To School Event. The nonprofit, Sound Bridge to the Text, will be “popping up” in our back room at 5307 N. Clark Street. Come and learn more about the services they offer. Plus, bring the kiddos for a Story Time at 11:00am led by Michelle Moody of The Nanny Finder Chicago. Come #shopsmall in Andersonville for all your Back to School Items. Illinois state tax is reduced (by 4%) on selected items—includ...
Giving Back - Modern SproutModern Sprout ✔️ Eco Friendly✔️ Social Good✔️ Women Owned Based In Chicago, IllinoisEstablished 2013 Modern Sprout was founded by two regular thumb-colored people inside their Chicago home creating thoughtfully crafted products to simplify plants and indoor gardening—so you feel good. Gardening is meditative and thoroughly rewarding, yet Modern Sprout understands it’s not without its headaches. Their mission is simple: uncomplicate indoor gardening by using the logic of hydroponics red...
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 ...
Love is Love Candle Benefitting Equality Illinois
Just in time for Valentine’s Day we are excited to be partnering with District and RAPWAX to offer the Love is Love Hand Poured Soy Candle. $2 from every candle sold will be donated to Equality Illinois. The sale of these candles supports the platform in which Equality Illinois stands for – envisioning a fair and unified state where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and where all people live freely regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. District...
Back To School - Illinois Tax Holiday
Illinois State Sales Tax Holiday August 5, 2022, through August 14, 2022 The state sales tax holiday is a ten-day period during which consumerscan purchase certain clothing and school-related items and pay salestax at a reduced rate. The state’s portion of sales tax due throughout theholiday is reduced by 5.00% to 1.25%. Check out our selection of Back to School Items. Items include qualifying clothing and footwear with a retail selling price ofless than $125 per item and certain school suppl...
New Masks by MaggiePops
We are excited to offer additional sizes and styles of our handmade, high-quality masks by MaggiePops—a collaboration of local mother, Heather, and her twin daughters. MaggiePops masks started with Heather and one of her 11 year old daughters began to sew cotton masks in early March—following the initial Illinois stay-at-home order. Originally made for neighbors, family and friends, the family created the masks and sold them as a fundraiser and donated the proceeds to support the World Health...
Meet The Makers - Albert Tanquero of The Found
Join ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE for a series of in-store events that celebrate local makers and chefs and support area non-profits. We are hosting a meet and greet with Albert Tanquero of The Found on Thursday, November 8, 2018, from 6 to 9 pm, so be sure to stop in! Light appetizers will be generously provided by neighborhood favorite Café Selmarie, and drinks will be served. A portion of the evening’s sales will be donated to a non-profit organization chosen by our featured guests The F...
Polar Vortex Sale
Chiberia? Wind Chillinois? Whatever you call it, it is cold! Due to record-setting cold temperatures in Chicago, our retail store, ENJOY, AN URBAN GENERAL STORE, and Urbangeneralstore.com operations will be closed on Wednesday, January 30, and Thursday, January 31.Stay safe and warm and shop at home! We are offering some hot deals online with our Polar Vortex Sale.Put us to work (and warm us up). Get FREE Standard Shipping thru 01/31/19–just enter promo code "POLARVORTEX" at checkout....
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...
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...
ENJOY Andersonville Goes Back To School
Visit ENJOY Andersonville on Saturday, August 13, 2022, 10am-7pm, for the Andersonville Back To School Event. The nonprofit, Sound Bridge to the Text, will be “popping up” in our back room at 5307 N. Clark Street. Come and learn more about the services they offer. Plus, bring the kiddos for a Story Time at 11:00am led by Michelle Moody of The Nanny Finder Chicago. Come #shopsmall in Andersonville for all your Back to School Items. Illinois state tax is reduced (by 4%) on selected items—includ...
Giving Back - Modern Sprout
Modern Sprout ✔️ Eco Friendly✔️ Social Good✔️ Women Owned Based In Chicago, IllinoisEstablished 2013 Modern Sprout was founded by two regular thumb-colored people inside their Chicago home creating thoughtfully crafted products to simplify plants and indoor gardening—so you feel good. Gardening is meditative and thoroughly rewarding, yet Modern Sprout understands it’s not without its headaches. Their mission is simple: uncomplicate indoor gardening by using the logic of hydroponics red...
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 ...
