Target

Target is not friendly to WIC customers. Every time I use it, it is super complicated. I mean the only reason I’m doing it is to budget and save more than spend. My wife and I barely use it. She’s full time career and I’m completing my degree. If I could have it my way, I would starve.

This Target has the most helpful staff and is always well stocked. I find that this store is better managed than most and the management seems to care about the customers. I go out of my way to shop at this store.

Every Time my wife and I come in and shop here our experience is good with the exception of the Starbucks upstairs. My wife is a coffee lover and never has a problem with any of the Starbucks in alllll of Chicago or the surrounding suburbs, but for some strange reason Almost every time my wife gets a coffee here at this Starbucks which is located inside of this target there’s an issue. This employee Andrea charges her for a drink she isn’t ordering or receiving. Weird. Needless to say this bugs my wife very much. But besides that sore spot, and certain items that aren’t out, or are in the wrong spot, this is a solid target. The employees are in almost every aisle. Our questions rarely seem to stumble them and they are very friendly.

This Target has terrible customer service, as evidenced by their absolute lack of concern for customer satisfaction. They falsely advertised a Chicco Nextfit car seat for an incredible price today and when I attempted to purchase it, they wouldn’t honor the sale price as displayed, stating that that was from a sale last week. Well, I wasn’t here last week, I’m here now, so if the sign is still displayed, if it’s erroneous that’s on the store not me. They would not honor the listed sale price, which most reputable stores would do! It is NOT the consumer’s job to price check, that’s what you have stockers and sales associates for. I will NEVER patronize this location again, because here they DO NOT care about the consumer at all!

This is my least favorite Target. The upstairs aspect is an inconvenience to me. The employees are less than helpful and the selection could be better.

I still remember when this Target used to house the now defunct Montergomery Wards store location. When the Target opened, I thought this is great, finally one of the first Chicago Target stores and it’s in my area. I go here almost, if not, everyday for my basic shopping needs (from small items to big ticket items). It’s not as pretentious as the Elston location. People are rude at the Elston location, and while Elston is bigger, it’s not necessarily better. Parking at Elston can be a nightmare at peak times. The Addison street location store is always clean and employees are very friendly to ask if help is needed. The shelves may look chaotic by the end of the weekend or very busy foot traffic day, but what store doesn’t look a little disheveled after such conditions. Parking in the lot is very acceptable and if I can’t find a spot, there is a multi level parking garage behind the Target.
Merchandise availability, great employee service and location is what will continue to bring me back everyday.

I’m really not feeling this Target location at all. I was all amped up about a location within 5 minutes of my place.
Downfalls of the Target in Avondale versus other locations~
~disorganized
~tons of clumps of workers usually in groups of 2 – 3 hanging out & chatting
~a bit more unkept in terms of cleanliness
~they don’t carry all that the other locations have
~many shelf spots sat empty of items despite the pricing being there
~parking is a disaster around the Panda Express which shares the parking lot
I love me some Target and it’s probably my main grocery getting spot. But the Avondale location is not hitting a run for the home team.
Sadly, I won’t be going back here and am going to stick with the Bucktown location.

I love target. I love everything about target-​prices are reasonable, everything I could need is there.
This target though makes me crazy. It’s dirty, unorganized, stuff is strewn about. I went in at 8:15 this morning, and it was a mess. Stuff was everywhere and it seemed obvious that no one had picked up or tried to organize the store before it opened. I’ll trek up to bucktown instead of heading here.

This is my favorite Target! It’s my go-​to Target. The store is always clean. Things are always in order. The employees are friendly & polite. I’ve never had an issue with anything at this store. Parking is a piece of cake, as there is a parking lot in front of the store, as well as a 2-​story parking garage behind the store. Another perk is that the bathrooms are clean as well, which is a big plus for when you have to go, but dread using public bathrooms. Also, the Starbucks in this store is a good one. I’ve been to other Targets with Starbucks & it’s a bummer when the people working there don’t do a good job. Lastly, I’ve noticed that they have longer hours than other Targets, which is beautiful, especially on Friday or Saturday nights. This Target is my happy place!

This is a very urban Target with a suburban threshold.
Two floors of everything you could ever need. I understand the business model but I never find myself needing to buy everything I need all at one place. But anyway, the coolest part about the two floor setup is the escalator for your cart. Yes, they have an escalator that you can push your cart onto and ride up right along side of it. Coolio!
They are also earth conscious as they asked people returning items to place plastic bags in the recycling receptacles they have at the front.

As big department stores go, a few things have been worked out nicely for customers here: the mall that it’s in has ground-​level, covered parking and a 2^nd story parking structure as well. Using either gets you into the store by one of two entrances. Since the store is two-​levels, the shopping cart-​accommodating escalators are a modern wonder of convenience! The customer service stop for this store is top notch! Returns and exchanges have never been a problem at Target stores, but the pleasant folks that work it out for you here are treasures!
If you are shopping one of their sales or using discounts or coupons, be sure to use the bar code scanners in most aisles to double check that price before you get in line and possibly later get disappointed that their inventory coding might not match the shelf tagging. This happened to me recently and that’s my best advice for all Target store «live» shopping.

This review is only pertinent to the electronic, ladies’ accessory, and ladies’ clothing departments.
Hubby and I were doing some reconnaissance for the upcoming Black Friday. I thought that they might have the i-​pad deal (purchase of an i-​pad to get a $ 100 Target gift card), but it won’t have it until the actual Black Friday. Unfortunately, the $ 100 gift card will downgrade to a $ 80 gift card. I, myself, was the lucky one who caught the $ 100 gift card i-​pad deal back in June. I guess ultimate deals don’t necessarily happen on Black Friday. With that being said, can retail workers have normal work schedules from now on?
Since the electronic department didn’t seem to be exciting, I went and checked out the ladies’ accessories. Unfortunately, the entire department was messy and organizations were off. Many items were picked over, and the stock appeared to be sparse. Comparing to the Target in the Chicago suburbs, this department needs some improvements.
How about the ladies’ clothing department? They had a slightly better organization, but the organization wasn’t on a satisfactory level to a customer’s perspective. Even though I did find some cute argyle sweaters, but they only had large and extra large left. I guess God was telling me that I didn’t need to have them.
Overall, this Target is at a convenient location in the Avondale neighborhood. It’s also accessible via CTA 152 (Addison) bus. For bus riders, get off on Addison/​Sacramento and walk two (2) minutes to the actual location.

Best Target around. Loran checked me out. She was friendly and efficient. Love shopping here!

This Target has the worst customer service. The workers are so rude, the lines are so long they don’t even bother calling for back up. I actually had a cashier ask me if I wanted to apply for a credit card and I replied no. She then asked «Why? What, are you rich?» Wtf?! I feel like I’m at a Walmart when I visit this Target Location. This is my nearest Target but I rather drive to the Peterson location or the Broadway one, anything but this target.

While shopping at the Target on Elston, I ran across an ottoman that would look great in my bedroom. They only had one, but suggested calling the Addison location who had it.
Called the Addison location and spoke with Jose who assured me they had it in stock and he would set it aside for pickup. Long story short, he never set it aside. They did not have it and his lack of follow through caused his team members Gina, Darrell (sp?) and others to have to go through a fruitless, wild goose chase. I appreciate Gina and Darrell’s efforts and pleasant demeanor immensely. I left the store without my ottoman and will now have to search online.
Jose — please clean up your act and get it together so that other customer’s time is not wasted. Thanks!

If you you’re a Target Pharmacy Rewards Member, you get a coupon after filling a certain number of prescriptions. I forgot how many prescription you have to fill, because I don’t care. The coupon is for 5% off your total purchase! LOL! 5% is about half of sales tax here. This is by far the cheapest, and most annoying rewards program I’ve ever come across. Normally rewards cards are just an annoying hassle, but this one is so hilariously cheap I have to take off a star.
As for the specific location, it’s nice. It has everything you’d expect from a Target, and the staff is friendly.

Hot damn! I think the people at this Target might be the most helpful humans on earth. I had a team of four (4) staff members assisting me, from locating items, checking stock, and getting down the high-​up things my little T-​Rex arms couldn’t reach to recommending coupon aps for my phone and helping load my car. Everybody was so friendly, too!
On top of that, I had no trouble finding parking (on a Saturday!) and with just one exception, everything I wanted was in stock. I should add that the exception was for an expensive item on sale for nearly ¹⁄₃ off the original price, and they looked up what other stores still had them for me.
The selection here is much larger than I’m used to from Target, in almost every department. It looked like the maternity apparel in particular was much more extensive than I’ve seen elsewhere, as were housewares and DVDs.
Also of note: my daughter thinks the pass– through elevators are super fun!

It’s Target! A big box store. Make sure you download coupon apps and use shop kick, you can get kicks just for entering the store. I always tend to buy Target’s generic brand as it saves you money as well.
Check out lines can get long and the front parking lot is mostly full, so bring some patience, or park in the free parking ramp behind the store that connects to the second level.

I recommend you DO NOT use BABY REGISTRY at Target. My wife and I received multiples of a few things, and when I went to return them (for store credit), I was told that I have already made 7 returns in a calendar year, so I could not return them.
We (used to) shop at target all the time with a new house, new baby and new business last year. 7 returns on gifts was the max? I will not be going back.

Still the best Target in town
A) You can go there the day after Christmas and it’s not a madhouse.
B) They have the best and most helpful employees.
C) Their pharmacy and its staff are great.
D) They have an express checkout 10 items or less-​not all Targets do.
E) Easy parking
F) You can stop at the Entenmann’s Outlet and wrap your lips around some deeply-​discounted coffeecake.