Hadassah Resale Wins Chicago Reader ‘Best Of’ Honors

Deerfield’s Hadassah Resale Shop was named the Best Suburban Thrift Shop in a New Location by the Chicago Reader.

The Reader’s categories are whimsical (“best gym for watching politicians spar,” “best pastry with an unpronounceable name”) but the accolades are meaningful.

The Reader describes the store, which moved to Deerfield from Highland Park this year, this way: “a bargain- and treasure-hunter's bonanza—chock-a-block with carefully used furniture and high-end clothing (along with housewares, jewelry, what-have-you) from homes in the North Shore suburbs, all at pennies-on-the-dollar prices.”

Lucky Fish Deli in Highwood also earned honors, being named Best New Seafood Restaurant Spawned by a Bagel Shop. The spot is an outpost of Highland Park’s Once Upon a Bagel.

The Reader gives this description: “The two small dining rooms, furnished with wood and Formica kitchen tables and comfy vinyl chairs, are separated from an open kitchen by a glass case that shows off scrupulously fresh denizens of the deep blue: oysters, lobster, shrimp, mussels, and clams, along with less trayf offerings like delicate lake perch (by the pound or half pound), which you can order fried, though I recommend it lightly blackened from the grill.”

You can see all the Reader’s Best Of winners here.