Helping Hand Thrift Shop

Callie Mayer Edited a month ago

Had an uncomfortable experience at this store. I had walked in with my partner and a friend of ours, me and my partner are a lesbian couple. In the front, I had been talking to my friend at an appropriate/typical inside voice volume when the woman behind the counter started to mumble under her breath while staring at us. We ignored it and then literally as soon as I spoke the words “and since I’m a lesbian” in conversation, she turned up her nose and said to us “We don’t need to hear your conversations.” My friend said “So you want us to stop talking?” And she mumbled something about other customers being here and not everyone needed to hear us talk. The other customers had been making conversation as well and nobody was treated the way we were. My partner was in the store and didn’t hear us speaking because we were very quiet. Lesbian is not a dirty word and it is not typical or normal to get berated for talking while browsing at a thrift store. There are more respectful ways of conveying that message as well. We left as soon as possible and definitely will not return. This attitude is outdated and not appropriate. Edit: Clarifying that our conversation topic was NOT inappropriat

Himanshu Gupta 2 years ago

Many antique items available in the shop. Reasonable price. It's not a museum. Shop closed every Saturday. I didn't buy anything but had a positive/good conversation with the shop owner Solman. A soft spoken person we talked about his first India visit and stay at Taj Hotel Bombay.

Rachel Pretorius 4 years ago

THE BEST!! Love this store and you can always find the best high quality gems in here, too happy with my new natural stone belt and Art Deco ceramic cat :) most definitely worth the stop!!

Kentrello 4 years ago

This place has stuff from the floor all the way to the roof. Lots of vintage items and valuable priceless goods. You will definitely find something here that you like

Maya Camara 5 years ago

We loved it! Great food and service. Can't wait to go back! Tried new lunch menu. One of my favorites was the potato crisp with smoked salmon and caviar. Just yummy! Cheers, Maya