One of the satisfactions of living in rural Brooklyn (Midwood, Ditmas, etc.) is the proximity of Amazing Savings, the bastard child of a 99-cent store and a Bed Bath & Beyond. This is where Orthodox Brooklyn shops for foil trays, plasticware (oh, the humanity!) and weird household items like washing machine bra-savers. But there’s tons more good stuff. We recruited local kidswear designer Eliza Gran (above) to find it. She also took the pictures.
Score #1: Tyler Florence Tableware Eliza, an Amazing Savings newcomer, was shocked to find shelves and shelves of Tyler Florence for Mikasa rustic white tableware–at crazy-on-the-junk prices. We’re talking dinner plates, normally $19.99, for $2.50, coffee mugs, usually $12.99, for $1.50, for the love of G-d! “I am totally buying this stuff!” Eliza said, stuffing a beaded-rim fish platter for $6.99 (normally $49.99) and a $19.99 baroque casserole dish (regularly $79.95) into her cart. “I was expecting rubber ducks at this place, not…this!”
Faye :Faye Penn is the founder of Brokelyn and publisher of the Brooklyn and Queens Beer Books, the Brooklyn Cocktail Book and other stuff you ain't seen yet. She lives in Ditmas Park. Get at her at brokelyn@gmail.com
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Beautiful photos and great ideas!
I have been shopping here for years. A couple of years ago they went bankrupt but shortly thereafter reopened and picked up where they left off.
Don't forget more Amazing Savings on McDonald Avenue.
I once bought an entire set of Christmas dishes, service for 16 with some platters and serving bowls for about $50 at Amazing Savings on Ave M! Still using them.
When I worked nearby, this was my lunch stop.
You never knew what you'd find!
If you need to buy gifts for a group at holiday time, but can't afford too much, they have great patterned boxes that make the gift elegant and fun and can be used for other purposes.
Strangely, the Amazing Savings on McDonald doesn't seem to be the same to me.
I'm heading right over. I bought an amazing huge children's tea party set there as an xmas present for like 4.99.
I buy tin pans there for 20 cents each with lids. There's always lots of good bargains there. Too bad it's so hard to park in the area.
Love Amazing Savings on mcDonald Avenue ! When they temporarilly closed last year, i was devastated !!!! Great Buys - the prices of their hardcover childrens books are unbelievable !!!
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Beautiful photos and great ideas!
I have been shopping here for years. A couple of years ago they went bankrupt but shortly thereafter reopened and picked up where they left off.
Don't forget more Amazing Savings on McDonald Avenue.
I once bought an entire set of Christmas dishes, service for 16 with some platters and serving bowls for about $50 at Amazing Savings on Ave M! Still using them.
When I worked nearby, this was my lunch stop.
You never knew what you'd find!
If you need to buy gifts for a group at holiday time, but can't afford too much, they have great patterned boxes that make the gift elegant and fun and can be used for other purposes.
Strangely, the Amazing Savings on McDonald doesn't seem to be the same to me.
I'm heading right over. I bought an amazing huge children's tea party set there as an xmas present for like 4.99.
I buy tin pans there for 20 cents each with lids. There's always lots of good bargains there. Too bad it's so hard to park in the area.
Love Amazing Savings on mcDonald Avenue ! When they temporarilly closed last year, i was devastated !!!! Great Buys - the prices of their hardcover childrens books are unbelievable !!!