Rolo

This place is a legit life-​saver when you’re going to a friend’s boyfriend’s birthday, or your cousin that you haven’t seen in forever’s bachelorette, or meeting up with some high school friend for his graduation. When you don’t know what to get someone or just plain don’t know that person well enough to get something truly thoughtful — just come here. They have a gift in every price point and for every person. The owner also has such a jovial attitude and helpful manner, he can help you track down a gift even when you are feeling completely uninspired.
I know it’s a tiny store but, trust me, somehow they manage to fit every possible present need.

Great selection and the staff were very helpful in finding exactly what I wanted!

Great store. Fun gifts. Very unique items you can’t find elsewhere! Great customer service as well.

Love this spot great for gifts. Everything seems to start at around $ 20. Which is strange. However, if you are in a pinch for a gift Rolo is the spot!

Loads of merchandise
But the store is too jammed and tight
Reasonably priced (considering the location of the store)
The store clerks didn’t hassle or meddle with me
They let customers look around

So much fun in such a little store. They have a gift for anyone you might ever need to buy a gift for. Well priced, especially since it’s in the heart of Yorkville. Staff are friendly but not pushy.

Whenever I tell people about Rolo, they always, without fail, think it’s a chocolate store. Wrong! It’s better than chocolate! It’s the best shop in TDot!
I’m the quirky/​unique type, so I love these kinds of stores. Rolo is tiny in space, but it doesn’t seem like that since there are so many awesome gadgets and gifts inside! I guess you can say «good things come in small packages»!
I have loved every single thing I’ve bought from Rolo and I plan on coming back if I’m in the Yorkville area.
If you’re the quirky/​unique type like me, this is the place to be! :D

Small store crammed with lots of goodies. I was looking for a specific card and the guy that was working was very helpful by offering different suggestions, etc. He also advised when I was on my way out to check out the website because they had a lot of stuff on there too. This is definitely a great place to shop if you are looking for something unique, funny and just different. No complaints here.

Rolo! Just roll in here and you’re bound to find the ideal gift or small present for almost anyone. You know those sites like
that sell very quirky, whimsical and «one of a kind» trinkets well you can find those same type of items hanging from every possible corner in this store.
From camera lens mugs, fun fridge magnets, light up Darth Vader keychains, cool moustache related items (comes in handy during the month of Movember) to a $ 550 Dracula fountain pen you can find them here. I wouldn’t say «you name it» they will have it just because it would be unlikely you can come up with most of the stuff they have for sale here.
The best part is the guy behind the counter who might have been the owner was extremely friendly and even though he was in a business phone call when I left he still made sure to yell out a thank you and for me to have a nice day (which I did end up having!)
This will definitely be my go to place if I ever partake in a secret Santa event or am just looking for that last minute birthday gift. I highly suggest you walk in here and take a look around!

For some reason being inside Rolo takes me back to my childhood summers spent in Japan where everything is very cute, laughably novel and very crowded, but in a good way! Where else in Yorkville could you find adorable pet African dwarf frogs, Fuck Chow Ramen, confetti made from German porn mags and of course Bacon lube!
There is so much product neatly jammed into this small shop that visiting ROLO takes on a museum like experience, but you are bound to find that perfectly unexpected something for you or that special someone.
The owner of Rolo, the aptly named Rowley is ever the savvy yet highly entertaining proprieter as he flashes me his trademark half cherubic half devilish smile while extolling the virtues of a singing Justin Beaver animated stuffed toy. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of his products he’ll give you the rundown of everything in his shop with the precision of a curator and the energizing banter of an infomercial announcer.
As difficult it is to find a genuinely amusing shopping experience in Yorkville, you can count on ROLO to put a smile on your face.

Everything is not as it seems in here!
I just spent almost an hour here looking at stuff. Lots and lots of stuff.
You walk in and i slowly made my way around the store, looking from floor to ceiling with shelves upon shelves of mostly useful but quirky things.
It’s the best place to find a gift for anyone of any age. The owner is super friendly and will always bring out his latest stash of toys. Today it was this silicone iPhone speaker system amplifier for $ 15. And it actually works.
Products here include Fred, Alessi, Lug. There’s a bookshelf at the back with tons of reading on both useless and relevant information. Sarcastic and hilarious cards are also found back there. In the glass cases are silver trinkets and fancy menorahs.
I came in here looking for gifts for one person, but ended up finding gifts for myself and 3 other people. What I like best is that the stuff is useful — like a bottle top camera stand, or a kitty ring holder, or a mug but has a shark at the bottom. And decently priced too. I also saw something like a earbud cord wrapper, I thought was redundant, and now in everyday life finding myself needing it. Needless to say, I will be back.
Check out their updated website with online ordering. Browse through this well catelogued site without getting overwhelmed at the actual store, but the place is an experience on its own.

I came here with my little sister convinced that ROLO was an acronym. Ridiculous Olio Life Organization? Rastafarian Organization of Les Objets? I pondered this impossible question as I browsed through the store and their ridiculous olio of laughable objects.
I’m a terrible giver of gifts, so stores like this make it easier. There is something for everyone here: young, old, male, female, coworker or lover (or even some demented combination of all of those). These curios can be pricy, but you can definitely pick up something neat for under $ 20. A good stop if your office is doing a Secret Santa or you’re buying for a lot of people.
I spotted a cool cocktail shaker shaped like a can of spraypaint, a roll-​away alarm clock, some nifty USB gadgetry and a battery operated head massager designed to ensure I would never leave my house again. There are household goodies, accessories and even some risqué items for the perverts out there.
It’s kind of small inside, so a full-​tour of the store won’t take more than 20 minutes. That’s almost a good thing considering all the wonderful distractions within.
Obligatory Title Pun: Make this a part of your gift-​giving ROTATION.
Menu Readability: n/​a
Need to mention: ROLO stands for Realm Of Ludicrous Objects.
What this place teaches me about myself: I probably should have picked up that rolling alarm clock.

Its name reportedly stands for Realm of Ludicrous Objects, which sums things up nicely. That said, if you’ve been to any sort of quirky gift-​shop before, you’ll know what to expect from this one; in fact, most of what Rolo sells was pretty familiar to me. The staff is enthusiastic, but so in-​your-​face that I found them downright pushy; if you prefer to be left alone to look through merchandise and make decisions about what to buy, then I’d say skip this store.

When you don’t know what to get for that hard-​to-​shop-​for gal with a forensics degree and a serious love of Law and Order: SVU, you need to check out Rolo. A caution tape scarf! How fantastic is that?
Rolo the man is just as fab as Rolo the store. He modelled the scarf for me, and that pretty much clinched the deal.

Adorable gift shop. You’d miss it if you blink, so be on the lookout for it.
Small but full of fun, interesting knick-​knacks and good quality gifts

This is possibly the most fun store ever. EVER.
Rolo is what the IT Store tried to be, but with designer goods (meaning from industrial designers) and genuinely whimsical products, not just flatulence and troll dolls.
I just popped in with a coworker to grab some last minute gifts. One of my best friends is really into religious iconography so I selected a fridge magnet collection of «What would Jesus Wear» with options that range from 2 live Crew attire to traditional robe and cross or business suits with Raybans. I also through in a Jesus pepper mill. For my Boss I picked up grenade salt and pepper shakers and «Put a Cap in your Glass» gun shaped ice cube molds. (Modern Warefare fan)
They do have less offensive and more practical gifts like well designed Octapus USB hubs.
You can check out everything on their site and go in with an idea if you rather. The staff is super friendly.
TONNES of useful, imaginative, intelligent, hilarious gifts for under $ 25.

This store is the first place I go when I need to buy a gift for «the person who has everything» or «the person I don’t know well enough to know what they want.» Just walk in and start talking to the guy behind the counter and ENJOY!
The guy behind the counter is most likely the owner and he makes Rolo so much fun! He loves everything he sells, and gets really excited and he’ll show you how things work and what makes them great and you’ll leave the store with exactly the right gift for your friend, some stuff for yourself, and a smile on your face. Great storel Now that I’ve talked about it, I want to go back.
Price range is very reasonable, too. You can find something within any budget.

Rolo is such a good store to find things that you wouldn’t find anywhere else.
If you ever went to «The General Store» when it was in Hazelton Lanes, the guy that used to run that, opened up Rolo when it closed.
Awesome little store!

Rolo the store is similar to Rolo the candy — they may both be small, but WOW are they ever fun. This store in Yorkville is tiny as all hell, but the walls are full of fun gift items and it’s just a fun store in general.
You’ll probably be drawn in by the alternative to the knife block — the plastic person who you has all your kitchen knives poking through its androgynous body. It also comes in gold! If you’re anything like me, you’ll think of that one person in your life who would absolutely love to have this poor stabbed person sitting on their kitchen counter.
And once you go inside, you’ll be stuck in there forever. You’ll stare at one wall for half an hour, just taking in everything around you. And then the owner will start chatting with you and he’ll show you all the new cool stuff he got in and you will be in here even longer.
This store has almost everything to make your life more convenient, from a flat, portable and waterproof rubber keyboard to that last-​minute new baby gift — how about a onesie with a picture of Barack Obama that says «I need a change»?
Everything in here is so cute and fun, even if you hate all things cute and fun you will probably still find something in here that you’ll love. Plus it’s in Yorkville without the Yorkville prices.