Walgreens

24 hour drive through pharmacy is awesome! I called in a script when I was getting in the car. It was waiting when I pulled up at the pharmacy drive through window 15 minutes later and it was very early in the morning. My closer pharmacy wasn’t opening for two more hours.

This Walgreens is open 24 hours per day, seven days per week, with drive through pharmacy service. The stock of prescription medicine, over the counter medicine and health and hygiene supplies is second to none.

Maybe I’m in the minority (or maybe I just haven’t needed to get photos developed here), but this is actually one of the better Walgreens that I’ve experienced. Fast check-​out and they did a really nice job renovating this store, which was a very basic Walgreens as of 5−6+ years ago. The store has always been open 24 hours and they did put in a walk-​in clinic. Plus, they even have a roped-​off line that winds around by the check-​out so that you can feel like you’re about to go on a theme park ride that is … well, less than exciting.
Overall, well-​stocked, nicely updated Walgreens with speedy (and somewhat amusing) check-​out.

I feel like it’s hard to rate chain stores, as they’re all usually the same. This Walgreens is no different. It’s not like one of the brand new stores with all the extra amenities like a frozen yogurt bar, sushi bar, etc., but it is like a normal, standard Walgreens. Things were clean and organized, and the staff were helpful and friendly enough. Overall, it’s just your normal Walgreens.

It is really a love, hate relationship with the Walgreens:
LOVE
1. Location
2. 24 Hours — including the pharmacy
3/​Prices
4. Ordering photos on-​line and picking up at the store within an hour
HATE
1. Waiting at the photo counter and watching the manager and two employees have a personal conversation for over 5 minutes while I wait, only coming to assist after I have asked for help — twice!
2. The pharmacy is more often than acceptable out of stock on whatever prescripted medication I need.
3. Since the remodel, the greeting card selection is woefully inadequate.
4. The remodel! Too much space attributed to grocery!

To continue the lambasting of the photo department, they’ve taken some passport photos of me here so bad I’ve almost cried. The DMV is like a studio photographer in comparison. True story: with the passport photos I took here, they almost didn’t let me into Canada, out of Canada, or out of Israel. Walgreen’s in Highland Park has basically made me seem like a terrorist.
Plus, they’ve redone the store to include a whole space for fresh produce, which really peels my family’s avocado. In order to do that, they got rid of all of the kitschy Walgreen’s stuff that they’re best known for! They have an itty bitty selection of photo frames, and none of the 3 oz reusable bottles for bringing liquids on airplanes! At least it’s 24 hours, but unless you want some bananas at 4 am, it’s much better to go earlier to the much bigger and better Walgreen’s in Deerfield.

Do not use their photo department… I went there three seperate time and each time there were problems. First they gave me the completely wrong photos. Next they gave me the wrong picture CD and it was some random person’s vacation photos.
Another time I ordered 1-​Hour photo and it took over 3 hours to get them developed and when I came back they were not developed, but they gave me someone elses photos saying those were correct. I had to come back and sit there waiting for them to «re-​develop» my pictures for the first time. The photo employee didn’t even wear gloves while touching my negatives!
The store itself is just fine… just don’t trust the photo counter.