J & J Sportswear

3.5 STARS
I was looking for an «I heart Seattle» t-​shirt. Every time I go on vacation, that’s the one souvenir I buy myself. I spotted a sign saying shirts, so I decided to check out J&J Gifts. It was Tuesday, January 19^th, while we were walking around Pike Place.
It’s a fairly small shop, but they pack a good amount of shirts in the small space. I didn’t want to look around, so I asked the lady working if she had the t-​shirt I was looking for in black and a men’s size small. She did! I believe it was $ 10.99. With tax, the total was $ 12.04.
I looked at other shirt shops and found them to be more focused on the Seattle Seahawks than souvenir shirts. I couldn’t find another «I heart Seattle» t-​shirt. Glad I didn’t pass up J&J or else I may have left Seattle empty handed.

Don’t go to this bad place. Their attitude are terrible and their clothes’ quality are really bad!!!

I’d never go to this place again, their people seem not that nice, make me felt not that welcomed. Their stuff aren’t really nice either (and the price is pretty high)

I was recommended this place by a Seattle Unilocaler looking for some Sea Hawks stuff for home, however, was very disappointed in the selection. Thankfully I was in the area looking for other things, therefore, being here wasn’t a complete waste. It was just a waste for me to be in this store. There was no shortage of shirts and postcards that says «Seattle» on it. How is this different than the saturation of tourist souvenir shops in Gastown Vancouver? Yeah exactly… now you know my frustration. Customer service was decent which is why it at least scores an additional star.

The name is tricky as this is more of a tourist/​souvenir shop with shirts that will have Seattle plastered on it or any type of Seattle related images. They also carry a lot of silly shirts with humorous images. Very sweet lady running the place.

So not impressed with this place. As one reviewer said, this is not a sporting goods store, they basically sale souvenir t-​shirts which are pretty much a dime a dozen at pike place market.
When I went here, I saw one shirt on the wall that I thought looked cool, I asked the guy working if I could see it closer because the design was small and hard to see from a distance. He started looking for it, but he couldn’t find it in any of his pre-​made shirts so he offered to make it for me. I explained that I wanted to see the design closer, at which point he began aggressively asking what color I wanted him to make the shirt in. I then asked him point blank if he could take the display shirt down so I could see it (it wasn’t too high up, it was simply behind the counter) to which he nearly screamed «no! You can see it from where you are! Look with your eyes!» I just stood there taken aback for a moment. But soon I promptly left and took my business across the street to the Seattle t-​shirt company which has better quality souvenir shirts at the same prices.

Not a sporting good store.
It’s a t-​shirt store. Sells Seattle souvenir t-​shirts and sweatshirts.
Do not go here thinking that you’ll find sporting goods of any kind.

Tourist central if you need a shirt that says «Seattle» on it.
I came here for 2 things: an «I heart Seattle» shirt for a coworker and an Ichiro shirt for my wife. Fortunately since Ichiro went to the Yankees, all his shirts were half off!
The lady working said she’d been selling t-​shirts for 27 years. She was charming and very funny. She’s able to eyeball the best sized shirt for you even though you’ve probably been wearing them all your life and already know.
She also mentioned how she spends $ 2.14 on Starbucks everyday and also on how much she loved money as we were paying for the shirts.

I have been to Pike’s a lot and always wanted to get a Pike’s shirt that was fun but not on a unisex crew shirt (I am a woman) but in all my visits to Pike’s never ever found one… so on this trip I decided to walk into this store that I had seen before but never bothered to go into.
Well when I went in this nice lady asked me if I wanted some help… the store has a lot of stuff and I did not feel like digging through the million shirts… I told her what I was looking for and she first showed me this really cheesy shirt that had a more mannish design on it… I told her what I did not like about the shirt-​so she showed me a kids shirt that had a great Pike’s logo on it… she said that she could place the logo/​design on that shirt on a soft nice material woman’s sized shirt! I asked her how long it would take she said like 10 seconds (she was not kidding)…I even got to pick out the colour shirt I wanted!!! How great is that!!! She knew her stock really well.
It only took me like 10 trips here to Pike’s to find what I wanted! I should have just come here in the first place!!!
If you are looking for something maybe a little custom please visit this place… good customer service with a lot of choices!!! My semi-​custom shirt was only $ 12.95!!!