Jive Monkey

Was quite disappointed when I went to Jive Monkey this afternoon to get t-​shirts made.
The store has relocated and is dramatically smaller. Their options, choices, availability for t-​shirts to be made is nil. It’s really quite sad. Before I would have given this place Five Stars, which is the only reason they’re getting two and not one today.
Go to Strange Cargo for more t-​shirt options!

Went here to get a customized t-​shirt made. They had a good selection of t-​shirts and colors (American Apparel). The turn around time for the shirt was reasonable and they had great customer service. I was a little apprehensive about having to have a t-​shirt customized but it ended up being pretty easy.
The store also had some other cute clothes.

Overall this place is cute.
I liked hunting for «treasures» in the racks of clothing. they have used and new clothing which can be customized by adding images which Jive Monkey screen presses onto your purchases for an added fee.
I would recommend buying something used and getting it screen pressed with a graphic rather than new clothing b/​c their unused items are a bit expensive.

I have had t-​shirts made here 3 times now and would totally recommend it. I got one recently that was only like $ 14– rock! I did place an order for a large group– and a girl there promised me it would be done on the day I needed them. Unfortunately she did not have them done. BUT the owner came out and was so cool and friendly and took a huge chunk off my bill and whipped them up in a couple hours. They have some really funky fonts to choose from and it’s a fun place to wander around and check out all the weird stuff!

I ended up here on a voluntary promise trip — one of my super duper cool kids from summer camp who loves funky cool shirts like I do had a kick ass quarter grades report card, so i told him we’d hit up somewhere cool I knew about which had some funky cool shirts that he’d love. Needless to say he hit the goldmine with cheap cool shirts, even had a custom shirt made, and also fell in love with the cute staff girls who flirted and had fun with us. It was a good time and didnt empty my wallet, which works for me. I love this place, its cheap, cool, and totally customer friendly.

Maybe it’s the hipster in me but.
I love this place! It’s one of my favorite thrift stores in Chicago. Employees are friendly and you can find some cool stuff without having to dig through racks upon racks of clothes.

Love Jive Monkey. Their clothes are so cute. Ooh and their jewelry, oh and their bags and their… okay, I just love everything in this store. I need to set aside a good two hours to go through this place and do some serious damage.

I found a festival shirt from my hometown here that was 12 years old. It was $ 8.
They also have cool coats.
Enough said.

The people who work here are really laid back, and not as high strung or elitest as some of the other workers in the Belmont area. Having said that, the store’s kind of like a flip of a coin. They’re going out of business and most of their cool, cheap clothes are gone. They have a lot of recycled skirts and cute shirts, but all the one dollar racks are crappy military gear. I would’ve told everyone to go earlier, but it’s just not good anymore. Their custom shirts are still cool

I really enjoyed shopping here. Everything was so custom and funky, and they even had an entire back room full of $ 0.99 T-​shirts, skirts, and shorts. I got a Custom T that says «PROUD TO BE A BAND GEEK» in rainbow letters, and it’s my new favorite shirt. The regular clothing, in the main section of the store, is a bit too expensive for my tastes though. Jive Monkey does have the cutest dressing rooms though! Too bad it’s going out of buisness soon…

Meh, just another one of those overpriced resale shops. They do make cool custom T-​shirts, but most of the *hip* garments, rags or not, are entirely too expensive.

So my brother Nick saw this «I Love Gary, Indiana» shirt in the window a few months back, but it was like, 3am or something, so he wasn’t able to snag it… Luckily, I spied the shirt again in their window just after his graduation, so I was able to present him with a suitable commencement gift. This place is super fun – you go in, pick out a blank T-​shirt and choose which of their wonderful heat transfers you’d like splayed across your chest. It takes about 3 minutes for the transfer to work, which leaves ample time for chatting up the friendly staff and gazing about, finding other things on which to blow your dough – in my case, a wicked sparkly Jem heat transfer. Seriously, I cannot tell you how many random people have stopped me (in Chicago, D.C., rural Michigan) to tell me how much they love the shirt. It’s my new fave thing.
One thing to keep in mind: you need to go upstairs to get to Jive Monkey, otherwise you’ll wind up in the dildo heaven that is Taboo Tabou. Which isn’t always a bad thing, but I was on the hunt for a grad gift. For my brother. Ewww…

Meh… I honestly don’t like this store. They have a fair amount of clothing, but I rarely find anything I like. When I do it’s some outrageous price. I recommend checking other nearby shops like Hollywood Mirror and Ragstock first.

This is a cute vintage store that much like the rest of the alley’s properties keeps changing locations. They have a good selection of t-​shirts and other shirts. It is definitely a hit if you have friends that like that vintage t-​shirt vibe and need a one-​of-​a-​kind gift. Just remember to wash it first.

This is a cute little place to get some vintage stuff. they’ve got lots of leather goods and tshirts… you can usually score a good deal here!

Excellent selection, good prices. And they’ll buy your crap for a good price. Vintage stores are hit or miss, but this one usually has at least five hits… but you can only afford one… and they’re earrings.