Richdale

It’s really hard to categorize Richdale. Is it a mom and pop store? More of a convenience entity? A souvenir shop? A roof over Dunkin Donut’s? Or just a weird destination in Newburyport that you think is odd, but are glad it exists? Maybe that’s it.
They have eggs and milk and butter, but not much else on the grocery side. There is a wine and beer selection, and a lot of chilled drinks. They love their 25 cent hot dogs and boast about them a lot.
There are lottery tickets, bulk candy, sweatshirts with cats on them, popcorn, and pints of Ben & Jerry’s. All in the convenient corner spot right downtown.

Love the richdale. The only thing I have ever looked for and couldn’t find: cat treats. And that was a long time ago, so maybe they have them now.
And that popcorn!
Bee tee dubs, hot dogs should never cost more than .25 $ given what they are.

Richdale’s is a cheap convenience store that claims to «have everything». They do have many more items than the average convenience store, I’ll give them that. Richdale’s has 25 cent hotdogs, which is really not a thing they want to advertise. They’re terrible, don’t buy them just because they’re cheap! I tried to get a diet coke, which was clearly flat. I asked them if they could fix it and they said it «tasted fine». Don’t go if you can help it.

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Richdale has a little sign that claims they have everything. A bit of a exaggeration perhaps but they do have a whole bunch of stuff.
As to be expected in a store like this some of the stuff is crap but other stuff is pretty nice. Nothing really nice but sometimes pretty nice is nice enough.
Inside is crowded and chaotic. Always seems a lot of people in here and it’s difficult to move around. Takes a bit of patience but it’s not too bad. It tends to over flow with stuff so they put some of it out in front on the sidewalk. Gives it a pleasantly tacky look.
One of the things they really advertise are the 25 cent hot dogs. I would never get the courage to actually try one and I suspect they aren’t exactly the highest quality but just seeing the price is kind of cool.
The prices inside on most of the stuff inside is dirt cheap. I got some six buck T-​shirts that didn’t even shrink five sizes when I washed them.
This place is exactly what it seems. It is an anachronism that manages to survive in a rather expensive and ritzy town like Newburyport just be being itself. The staff have always been pleasant and helpful even in middle of all the crazy activity that is going on.
It’s a cheap place that has lots of cheap but decent stuff. All kinds of weird and quirky things and always messy. Just the type of place that I enjoy

Richdale’s fills a role that no other store in the immediate downtown area fills. The role of a convenience store. The only other convenience store that could be considered downtown, and it is fringe out in the tannery, is the Black Duck. One of my favorite stores of all time, and I do wish they could just switch places, because I live closer to Richdale. But alas. I don’t know who the other two reviewers are and I am not denying the entirety of their reviews, but they are being incredibly harsh and in my opinion somewhat immature in their reviews. For example. The portly man standing on the sidewalk has done nothing mean or rude to me or my wife what-​so-​ever. It is a bit odd that he is there literally ALL THE TIME and I can see how a woman might be creeped out. But, you know what? He’s outside of the store, on the sidewalk, and the last time I checked, stores don’t own the sidewalks. Loitering is a matter that needs to be dealt with by the town or the police if people are concerned, not the store the person is standing in front of. So that’s a review failure right there. As far as the service is concerned, I have had mixed experiences although most of them good! The only person here who has been absolutely atrocious is the old woman with the short gray hair at the Dunks counter. That woman must have some sort of serious anxiety or mental problem because she is such a bitch to me sometimes, and it seems totally random! Like really bitchy. So avoid her. Otherwise, the young men and women working the registers are generally very friendly and the day I lost my wallet I had stopped into Richdales to buy a drink and thought maybe I’d dropped it or left it on the counter. They we’re so nice and helpful! It turns out I didn’t leave it there, but the girls behind the front counter we’re super and made sure no one had seen or picked it up before sending me off. Also, I don’t think eating a .25 hotdog is great for your colon, but where else can you get hotdogs that cheap? They also carry just about everything you could need if you’re in a pinch. I’d rather have The Black Duck here, but I’d rather have Richdales than some boring chain store or god forbid another overpriced old ladies clothing shop.

$ 0.25 hot dogs are the only good thing about this place… and even those are nasty.

In a beautiful town like Newburyport it is wonderful to have a store like Richdale. With upscale boutiques all over the place, it is nice to be able to grab a paper, a beverage and any misc. items you might want. I like being able to get a fountain soda and a paper to sit and read in town or by the river. And they have wine if you want to carry over your dinner conversation at home. I love the atmosphere of Newburyport — but without places like Richdale it wouldn’t be a «real» town.

Richdales is a nasty little shop right on the downtown strip in Newburyport. It is more than just a little dirty there, and the employees are horrible. The owner is rude and rushes out paying customers. I refuse to buy anything here, and urge anyone in the area to do the same. No need to settle for such poor service! I would give it 0 stars if I could.