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A great new & used bookstore. The staff were really friendly & knowledgable. Do it.
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Find strange books.
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Open Books is an amazing bookstore with 50,000 high quality used books whose profits go directly to funding literacy programs across Chicago.
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- Noon–6:00 PM
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"There's an emphasis on cookbooks, but there are all sorts of books about food. Travelogues, memoirs, history, everything!"
Chicagoist - 8.3
"So cute! Love that this is now in the neighborhood!"
Heather Bell - 9.4
"Almost any book you could want, they have, whether new or old. The employees are awesomely helpful. One of the best bookstores I've been to"
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