St. Patrick’s Thrift Shop

I had a great time at this thrift shop. Everyone who volunteered was a delight, and the prices are very reasonable

High quality items at fair prices. And there’s a parking lot (which is actually important in Larkspur).
Small but good selection of men’s shirts, and sometimes good men’s suits — and in a wide range of sizes.
The people who work there are always nice, too.

Met all my thrifting needs — excellent selection of kids books and art supplies, VERY reasonably priced. Like a dime each. You do not find this every day! Small selection of baby & kids clothes not incredibly well organized. Small but nice collection of women’s clothes, career stuff, a Lilly sundress, good coats (some of which were priced more like a consignment store at $ 25). I like a sweet seasonal display, and indeed they had an Easter tableau and goods to buy. I’ll definitely be back.

Although their clothes selection is slim, they have really nice things priced around $ 8 to $ 25.
Most of the items are name-​brand and hardly worn. Like the saying goes, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.
If you are stopping by here, hit up Sugar Magnolia too. They are just a block away and have a bigger selection of women’s clothing.

St. Patrick’s has some desks out front for $ 10 to $ 30. mostly the store looked like small furniture, clothes, books, houshold stuff.
books were just a single book shelf. a voluteer was stacking same shelf and made some suggestions.
reads: all $ 1 save 1
-«palace walk, naguib mahfouz
-:how the irish saved civilization, cahill
–the help», stockett
-«life of graham greene» n. sherry
-:deafening”, itani
-«stones into schools», mortenson (2)
«the devil in the white city» e. larson.
notes:
–looks like a lot of good fiction writing.
–happy camper for the advice and cheap buys.

Exceptionally rude counterperson on the Wednesday afternoon (7÷3÷11) that I visited. I realize that a volunteer staff is tough to deal with sometimes, but really, you folks would be better of staying closed on Wednesdays than turning this poor unhappy soul loose on the rest of the world.

I went to this little hidden gem for the first time yesterday and totally cleaned up! There are no clothes here: it’s not that kind of a shop. Come to this place for home wares and books and general nick nacks.
Nearly everything here is donated by people of the church, and a lot of it is really nice and SUPER cheap. I just moved into a new place, and see no reason to pay full price for pots and pans and bowls when I can find them here for $.50 — $ 1. I bought a beautiful, barely used coffee maker for $ 1. It still had the instructions with it. I’m not kidding; this place is SOOO much cheaper than Goodwill and the lady there was super friendly and helpful.
The hours are from 11 – 3 in the middle of the day, and keep in mind that it’s run by all volunteers. They are simply trying to make a little extra cash to support their church.
I walked out of that place with two boxes FULL of stuff for $ 15. You can’t beat that with a stick!

My wife and I visited this thrift store today, and I’ll never go back. We walked in the front door. I went toward the back, looking at books, cd’s, men’s clothes, etc. My wife stayed at the front of the store looking at items on a display rack. I walked up to her and we began to walk together back into the store. The lady working the counter gave my wife a look over the top of her glasses and told her she’d need to leave her purse at the counter. The purse, or bag, is large but it’s meant to be a purse. She carries it everywhere else we go. We’re in our 40’s, we look middle class, we act that way. I felt like a high school student suspected of shoplifting. I’m too old and life is too short for this kind of treatment. I give this store my lowest possible recommendation. Anyone who treats my wife like trash is trash in my book. Good riddance, St. Patrick’s Thrift Shop.

I’m not certain, but I’m pretty sure that St. Patrick was the patron saint of high quality hand me downs. This is a lighter, brighter version of the Mt. Carmel Salvage Shop in Mill Valley (see that review) and I swear, the same little old ladies work at both stores. They are sweet as can be, and always open to chatting or sharing a story or two. The front display windows are awesome, whoever creates them must be a former retail window designer in Manhattan! Display items are themed, like nautical, Paris, vintage nursery, historical Fourth of July, retro kitchen, and so on. The true antiques can be a little pricey, but treasures abound if you take the time to sift through the tidy shelves and racks. If you’re a fan of paperback beach reads, be sure to poke around in the little back room. The shop has a small parking lot that can be a little tricky to get in and out of, but street parking is easy (and the crosswalk in front of the store is charmingly well-​respected). Cash and local checks only (just like the good ol days). A LITTLE BIRD TIP: Window items are displayed for 3 weeks, then sold on Mondays at 1:30 on a first come, first served basis (it’s not uncommon for people to line up on the on-​sale date to get first dibbs on the goods).

I happened upon this thrift shop and love it! I scored a cute tank for $ 1 and a pair of Express Editor Khaki’s for $ 2. This tiny shop holds all kinds of wonderful treasures at a real bargain. Unbelievable!
Drop-​off is every Monday from 10am-​4pm.