Barbara's Bookstore

Barbara's Bookstore is a bookshop in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its first store opened on Wells Street in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood in the early 1960s. The company describes itself as having earned a reputation in Chicago for high-quality inventory and informed service, and states that its stores have twice been named by the Chicago Tribune as one of the 100 best things about the city. Its website lists in-store events at locations including Macy's on State Street, Yorktown Center, Hawthorn Mall, and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

The first Barbara's Bookstore opened on Wells Street in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood in the early 1960s. According to the company, it was a large, shambling, literary bookstore with creaky wood floors and dust dating back to the early 1950s, and its closest thing to a computer was a plug-in cash register, pen and paper, and a staff that knew every book in the store by heart. The company states that the retail book industry changed dramatically in the six decades since Barbara's beginnings, and that along the way Barbara's discovered it could coexist with the huge national chains and thrive by finding unique locations and creating personal, full-service stores where you don't expect to find them. It also states that Barbara's has earned a reputation in Chicago for high-quality inventory and informed service, and that twice its stores have been named by the Chicago Tribune as one of the 100 best things about the city.

A Chicago bookshop known for high-quality inventory and informed service, operating personal, full-service stores in unique locations.

Product categories. Books

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2. 2About Us | Barbara's Bookstorebarbarasbookstore.com
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