Deals Only

I discovered this store about 3 years ago. It was the former JJ Newberry store which I always paid a visit to when I was there (probably one of the last ones to close). As with most stores of this type you have to be careful of medicine/​food that have expiration dates. I have purchased items like office supplies, kitchen gadgets, general household items (the lower level is full of them), candles, incense, and some items that can be used past their expiration like instant coffee. They also have a good selection of cheap and unique selection of CD’s by the front of the store when you first come in.

If you like discount stores, garage sales, dollar stores, going out of business sales this the place. Deals, deals and deals. And did I mention the deals? Seriously, I spent $ 32 there and struggled to walk away with six full bags of stuff.

First I must say that the people of Astoria are amongst the most friendly I’ve come across. We were visiting on a cruise stop and were made to feel totally at home during our visit.
Astoria is a pretty small town so we were happy to just spend a few hours wandering through town and checking out the stores. This store was probably the highlight of that wander. They should maybe rename it the «Everything is expired store» because the majority of the food stuff is close to or after it’s «best before» dates. That being said most of this food is stuff that really doesn’t go bad anyways, so was not a big deal for me (I bought some expired Starbucks single serving instant coffee for dirt cheap to avoid drinking the gross stuff they served on the ship). They have pretty much every random thing here. I found a great book for my daughter in the books section, but you kinda need to hunt around to find what you’re looking for. We definitely ended up spending more time than we expected here and ended up getting a bunch of goodies that came to a surprisingly small amount of $$.

It is tough to rate this place. It has a huge selection of very cheap goods, but is quite messy, disorganized and has many items that are outdated and damaged. Be careful with some of the food products and things you put in your body. Some of the items look like they have been there for eons. I think I saw my old care keys, remote control and virginity in one dark aisle, but I may be mistaken.
Staff weren’t the friendliest folks, but I would be pissy too if I had to do 8 hours in the facility. Fun place to play «Name That Addiction» with some of the local tweakers

Imagine the type of environment typically found in a dollar store. Now make that dollar store bigger, two levels bigger. Now fill it with a completely random selection of things ranging from absolute garbage quality through target quality items and brands. Now make all the nice stuff a seasonably inappropriate print or color. And make all the food on the verge of passing its sell by/​eat by date. Now make it DIRT CHEAP. Now if you’re not creeped out, make a bee-​line for Deals Only.
Who cares if your ziplock bags are christmas colored? Do light bulbs really expire? Does halloween candy not taste good in November? Not me, who cares, tastes even better.

This place is best described as a store that sells a large selection of random things. I’m not even sure how to categorize these things. I was looking for a specific glass candle holders, and after unsuccessfully scouring the local boutiques and glass stores for it (including the store where the candle holder had been originally bought), I found a near replica of the candle holder at Deals Only. Who would have thought? I’m not sure I would go in there regularly expecting to find a specific thing, as I think this time I got extremely lucky. But if you like garage sales and flea markets and have the patience to pick through shelves of random stuff, this is definitely the place to go. And it’s super affordable.

Wow this place is really special. They seem to sell whatever inventory is discarded from other stores. They sell the stuff that places like Big Lots and Ross discard.
They have shelves full of expired medicine for dirt cheap. They have shelves full of expired or near expiring food for dirt cheap. I am sure most of it is fine, though a friend advised me that the sports/​protein bars get really gross when they’re that old. They have school and office supplies, lots of party and scrapbooking supplies, and much more. Probably a good place to get cheap Halloween candy if you don’t care much about the quality of what you’re giving out.
In the basement they have all kinds of clothes and household items for cheap cheap. Most of the clothes are $ 3 a piece or 5/​$ 10. They are all new with tags, it’s not a thrift store.
This type of store isn’t for everyone, but if you like deals, this is the place to go.